Run scp as ubuntu@ copying to Ubuntu system with correct permissions?

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Published on 2010-02-04T20:31:14Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 5:07 UTC
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I ssh into a ubuntu box with username "ubuntu" and I can become root without entering a password via "sudo su". How can I scp files onto this box using the ubuntu@ username? It does not allow me to do so using root@. The error is:

scp: /etc/...: Permission denied

I can do this same task in rsync by using --rsync-path="sudo rsync" for example.

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