SCP permission denied (publickey)

1. How do I fix SSH permission denied Publickey?
2. Why SCP permission denied?
3. What permissions are needed for SCP?

How do I fix SSH permission denied Publickey?

If you want to use a password to access the SSH server, a solution for fixing the Permission denied error is to enable password login in the sshd_config file. In the file, find the PasswordAuthentication line and make sure it ends with yes . Find the ChallengeResponseAuthentication option and disable it by adding no .

Why SCP permission denied?

You will get this error if the user lacks permission to write to the destination. The symptoms appear to implicate the source, however in my case the destination was created by root and lacked write permission for the intended user account.

What permissions are needed for SCP?

The scp command requires authentication. Depending upon the method of authentication used, you must have either an account on the target system, or an authorized public key on the target system. You should at least have read permission on the source system and write permission on the target system.