Scp,sftp through a tunnel
Learn how to copy files through a tunnel using scp or sftp
Prerequisites
Copying files to a remote system over scp or sftp requires an SSH server running on the remote side. On almost all Linux systems SSH is installed and active.
Create a tunnel for SSH access to the remote server. The tunnel will end on a random port on your rport server. Remember the port number.
Using scp or rsync
To copy a file to the remote system over the tunnel via scp use
scp -P <PORT> <LOCAL-FILE> <USER>@<RPORT-SERVER>:<DESTINATION>
For example:
scp -P 22708 /etc/hosts hero@rport.example.com:/tmp/
Doing the same over rsync
rsync -e "ssh -p 22708" /etc/hosts hero@rport.example.com:/tmp/
Using Filezilla
Open the site manager of Filezilla.
Create a new site using the "SFTP- SSH File Transfer Protocol.
Enter the name of the rport server as "Host".
Enter the port of the tunnel as port for the Filezilla connection
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