Remote root ssh

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:24:46 -0400, fletcher johnson wrote:

> Hello, I'm trying to ssh remotely into my ubuntu box as root and transfer
> files. How can I do this without enabling root (Let's use sudo only)?
> Basically something like this. scp
> user at 192.168.1.103:/home/user/somefile_with_root_perms

How about working from the location that requires root?

user at localhost:~$ ssh user at 192.168.1.103
user at 192.168.1.103's password: xxxblahxxx
[motd]
user at 192.168.1.113:~$ sudo scp /home/user/somefile_with_root_perms [destination]

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