On a related note: in ssh, there is a -l switch to specify user, but not in scp (instead that switch sets a limit on bandwidth in Kb/s). On another related note: You can greatly simplify connection strings/commands, either with bash or csh aliases, or with Host sections in your ~/.ssh/config (see "man ssh_config", and "man sshd_config" if you're the admin and can't get your local config file to 'take' - e.g., isn't allowed by sshd_config, etc). Ben On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 4:55 PM, azlobo73 wrote: > Sure you can, so long as your local username IS the same as your > remote username, in which case its just ssh some.host.or.ip . This > won't probably work from a windoez system though (but maybe via cygwin > etc). > > But IS good practice to include one, and  NOT good practice to have > the same account name all over the place =), so this factoid may be a > moot one. > > Ben > > > On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 8:51 AM, Michael Havens wrote: >> thanks. >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:32 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com >> wrote: >>> >>> You can't get anywhere without a username: >>> ssh @ >>> ET >>> >>> >>> Michael Havens writes: >>>> >>>> well... yeah. I knew that. I was really asking how one did that. I mean >>>> like do you drop the user name and it would be ':thatfile this >>>> file' or 'thisfile :that file'. >>>> On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:25 AM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < >>>> kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Michael, "names" on a network are fake. >>>>> There are only IP address in a network . >>>>> You "translate a name" into its corresponding IP address via a "name >>>>> resolution service" >>>>> A "name resolution service" can be as simple as an /etc/hosts file or as >>>>> complex as a full blown self-replicating/redundant name server (like >>>>> bind). >>>>> At the end, EVERYTHING goes via an IP address, so your question might >>>>> actually work in reverse: >>>>>> >>>>>> I was wondering.... could you do this via NAMEs? >>>>> >>>>> Yes, assuming that the name can be translated via some "name resolution >>>>> service" >>>>> ET >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Michael Havens writes: >>>>>> >>>>>> I was wondering.... could you do this via ipaddress? >>>>>> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 12:01 PM, kitepilot@kitepilot.com < >>>>>> kitepilot@kitepilot.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, scp (like cp) will copy back or forth, the 2 commands below are >>>>>>> legal: >>>>>>> scp myuser@remotebox:/that/file /this/path >>>>>>> scp /this/path myuser@remotebox:/that/file >>>>>>> 1st one will 'retrieve' /that/file from 'remotebox' into /this/path >>>>>>> 2nd one will copy /this/path to /that/file in 'remotebox'. >>>>>>> ET >>>>>>> joe@actionline.com writes: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is interesting.  Does this really mean that >>>>>>>> scp in reverse is possible by using a similar syntax >>>>>>>> with the dot at the end to extract a file from a remote >>>>>>>> computer to my local computer? >>>>>>>> ----------------- >>>>>>>> Mike Ballon wrote (in part) ... scp in reverse: >>>>>>>> scp 192.168.0.4:Pictures/2009-****Move.from.Florida . >>>>>>>> I'm guessing the path of the pictures and take note of the dot at the >>>>>>>> end >>>>>>>> ------------------------------****--------------------- >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoe**nix.az.us >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.****us/mailman/listinfo/plug-****discuss< >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.**phoenix.az.us/mailman/**listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> ------------------------------****--------------------- >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoe**nix.az.us >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.****us/mailman/listinfo/plug-****discuss< >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://lists.PLUG.**phoenix.az.us/mailman/**listinfo/plug-discuss> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------**--------------------- >>>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>>>> PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.**phoenix.az.us >>>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>>> >>>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.**us/mailman/listinfo/plug-**discuss >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- --- Ben python -c "exec(\"import math\\nprint ''.join(map(lambda x: chr(x), ( (ord('a')-(3*5)), int(math.sqrt(math.pi*76)*5+2), int(math.ceil(math.e)*28), int(math.floor(math.e)*35), long(abs(4%3*35+3)*2))))\")" --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss