permission denied to transfer file from my computer to EC2 with scp command

Question

The instance is launched and I can connect perfectly from my computer. However when I am trying to upload a file to ec2 using the following command:

scp -r -i key.pem path/file ec2-54-195-205-200.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:/media/ephemeral0/

I have always the following error: Permission denied (publickey). lost connection

it is not a permission file problem. Already tried chmod 777 path — user3333539, Aug 28 '14 at 12:13

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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The username seems to be missing in your scp command. Try adding it before the remote host, separated by a @. For example, with username admin:

scp -r -i key.pem path/file admin@ec2-54-195-205-200.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com:/media/ephemeral0/

The default username in EC2 varies depending on the OS. See this answer for some hints.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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answered Aug 28 '14 at 14:19

David Levesque

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