I was trying that I did scp [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local/www localhost:/Users/joshua/Desktop/FreeBSD
And it prompted me for a password on the server but the root password would not authenticate. -----Original Message----- From: Enrique Ayesta Perojo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 6:09 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Joshua Lewis Subject: Re: Secure File Copy El Asteartea, 15 de Azaroa de 2005 14:47, Joshua Lewis escribió: > I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and I have no way to back up the data. I > don't have a burner and I can't get one anytime soon. I do however > have a burner on my wifes G4 laptop. I have enabled SSH on the FreeBSD > system and I can SSH into the box from the Mac, However I do not know > how to copy the files I need to back up from the FreeBSD system to the > Mac. Thanks ahead of time for any help. Take a look at the scp man page, it works very similar to the cp command. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"