copy file from PC to Android

[pinnerite]

On advice received here, i installed sshelper on my Android 9 cellphone.
I can ssh to the phone but I want to scp a pdf file to it but my command
produces permission denied.

This is what have:
sshelper says that the Android's port number is 2222 and its ip address
is 192.68.0.115.

My computer Ip address is 192.168.0.4

In sshelper I cd to SDCard/Download, then

$ scp 192.168.0.4:/home/myhome/pdf_folder/my_file.pdf .

I am then asked for 192.168.0.4's password.

I supply my login password and get 'Permission denied'

Is what I am trying to do possible using sshelper?

[pinnerite]

I forgot to add that I am using Putty on the PC (Linux Mint).

[David Taylor]

On 10/09/2019 20:57, pinnerite wrote:
> On advice received here, i installed sshelper on my Android 9 cellphone.
> I can ssh to the phone but I want to scp a pdf file to it but my command
> produces permission denied.

I use File Manager HD which allows FTP access.

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[Arlen G. Holder]

On Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:06:31 +0100, David Taylor wrote:

> I use File Manager HD which allows FTP access.

It's nice you took a chance to answer this question since this is a risky
question to answer given the precisemenss of some of the points and the
ambiguity of others, where I've listed the FTP servers (and others) I've
tested here:
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/JrWLPRYO-TU/l6GBDGjwBgAJ>

I didn't answer the Op's question because it's not clear, to me, what the
OP's main goal is, since there are literally _many_ ways to "copy files
from Linux to Android" & vice versa, e.g.,
<http://www.bild.me/bild.php?file=6181360dir01.jpg>

There are so many ways that I will have trouble listing them, e.g.,
o FTP (as you noted), via ports 22/21 for example, or sftp)
o WebDAV (as we've discussed in the past)
o HTTP and https (as we've discussed many times)
o MTP (as we've discussed many times)
o adb (all of which we've covered in detail)
o expansion slots (which are obvious)
o CalDAV (for certain types of files)
o SMB (again, all of which we've covered)
o LibMTP & MTPDrive (for those who like command line access)
o Proprietary solutions (e.g., AirDroid, WiFiDirect, Kies, DoubeTWist, etc)
o and, of course, ssh
o And likely a few I've missed in this ad hoc summary

Some of which matter "how" the Android device is connected, e.g.,
o USB versus WiFi versus expansion slots, etc.

Using the following random references as my memory aid:
o Tutorial to run any Windows command directly on Android over either USB or Wi-Fi
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/JrWLPRYO-TU/7BMBh2WjBQAJ>

o Do you have a working freeware automatic sync between Android & Windows?
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/7aOWwoEwsZ0/3f5qTpwBAgAJ>

o Do these 3 WiFi tests of a network location to a drive letter mapping work for you on Android 7.0 Nougat & Windows 10 using only freeware?
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/IswZ5yEcpYA/wWuqoICZBgAJ>

o what is "android debug bridge"
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/K4UNdlVrrvs/yAB71Yp9AgAJ>

o Freeware to access your Android hosts file from Windows without being root
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/LTQtwSGROw8/XePw-iPuAgAJ>

o Has anyone here ever set up a CalDAV server on Windows for use with Android CalDAV clients?
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/52iSsFUQinE/TOVW_iPNEQAJ>

o How to mount the entire mobile device file system on Linux
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/6PQmYWSk34I/9kz19EkZCQAJ>

o What do you use to copy text files from Windows XP to Android over WiFi?
<https://groups.google.com/d/msg/comp.mobile.android/OkDfuDN9fZU/mFAMnIPGFQAJ>

etc.

This is not a critique of the OP's post; it's just a note why I didn't try
to answer it, simply because the OP seems to want to use ssh which I'm
unfamiliar with given that I use many of the other methods instead.

The OP might be way ahead of us given the type of question, so I hope this
is taken simply in the light of saying that there are MANY ways to copy
files back and forth - but each has its own pros and cons, so everything
depends on the problem set that we are trying to resolve, which I'm
confused about for this thread.

[Anssi Saari]

pinnerite <pinn...@gmail.com> writes:

> In sshelper I cd to SDCard/Download, then
>
> $ scp 192.168.0.4:/home/myhome/pdf_folder/my_file.pdf .
>
> I am then asked for 192.168.0.4's password.
>
> I supply my login password and get 'Permission denied'
>
> Is what I am trying to do possible using sshelper?

I think so, I've certainly done similar. Mostly with rsync though.

Anyways, I think you problem is not specifying the user on your PC
unless you happen to have a the same user on your PC as your phone. On
my phone the user is u0_a233 for whatever reason.

So try

scp pinn...@192.168.0.4:/home/myhome/pdf_folder/my_file.pdf .

[Lothar DeBaser]

I've installed samba on my PC, and so it's file system appears in the
file manager on my phone.

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[Carlos E.R.]

Maybe, but you do not specify the user name. You can omit the name if it
is the same as in your (client) computer, otherwise you have to specify it.


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Cheers, Carlos.

[Lucifer]

I use FTP.

[Lucifer]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:45:20 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_...@es.invalid> wrote:

>On 10/09/2019 21.57, pinnerite wrote:
>> On advice received here, i installed sshelper on my Android 9 cellphone.
>> I can ssh to the phone but I want to scp a pdf file to it but my command
>> produces permission denied.

>> Is what I am trying to do possible using sshelper?
>
>Maybe, but you do not specify the user name. You can omit the name if it
>is the same as in your (client) computer, otherwise you have to specify it.

I use root as the login name with the FTP server.