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rawmain
Asked: 2020-03-02 21:32:25 +0800 CST

Why can't copy to other server by scp with openvpn?

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2 nodes:

  • node1
  • node2

Node1

$ openvpn --genkey --secret /etc/openvpn/server.key
$ ssh-copy-id user@node2:/etc/openvpn/client.key
$ chmod 644 /etc/openvpn/server.key
$ scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa /etc/openvpn/server.key user@node2:/etc/openvpn/client.key
scp: /etc/openvpn/client.key: Permission denied

Node2

$ openvpn --genkey --secret /etc/openvpn/server.key
$ ls /etc/openvpn/
client  server  server.key

Can't copy server.key from node1 to node2.

openvpn ssh scp

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    /etc/openvpn on node2 should be owned by root.

    You are trying to copy a file with user@node2, which is not allowed to write in /etc/openvpn

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