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Currently we are having Git repository which is configured with srvapps (service account).I can sudo to the Git server using this account (username - srvapps and password - my login password).

My application is running on the username "srvapps" and all the directories is owned by the srvapps:srvapps (username/group)

But for some reason, if do scp from my git server to application server to copy the new files, it says permission denied.

From my Git server - I have used following commands - 

scp -r new_file srvapps@app1:\home_git\apps - Its asking for srvapps password.

scp -r new_file myuserid@app1:\home_git\apps - It says permission denied.

Could you pls let me know, what i am doing wrong here?

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  • Your description is very poorly worded, I have read it 5 times and am still unclear what you're a) trying to achieve and b) why being prompted for a password is a problem. Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 17:04
  • Sorry for the bad description. Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 20:12
  • Basically, I have Git server. I make the configuration changes on the Git server and then i need to copy the changes it to the App server. when i copy it (as explained above), its either asking for password or says permission denied. a) - i need to copy the files from git server to app server. b) service account (srvapps) doesnt have password. So i dont know what password to put. Also, when i used my_login_id, it says permission denied. The owner (user) of the git directory is srvapps. The directory which i need to copy, owner (user) is srvapps Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 20:29
  • On the app server - can you ssh to the app server as yourself? And become the service account? Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 20:33
  • I cant ssh in to the box with the srvapps account (sudo ssh srvapps@appserver1. but if i login to the server, first with my account then i can use sudo su - srvapps and login as the service account user. Commented Dec 14, 2018 at 23:03

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ssh into the app server, become the app user sudo su - srvapps

Then copy across from git server scp -r myuserid@git:/path/to/files .

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  • Thanks for your answer. I did some research as well. I didnt find any other solution. Also, the problem is that before copying the files i need to login to other server all the time (we have nearly 30 servers in 5 tiers) each tier has different set of code. The other option is to use, ssh keys. Commented Dec 15, 2018 at 16:46
  • That would be a sensible solution. Or you could use ansible - but those are things you could have mentioned in your question to get a better response ... ;) Commented Dec 15, 2018 at 16:58

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