User/SSH new

More advanced SSH usage, handling files

Basic files copy

Grid'5000 users have home directories in every Grid'5000 sites. But each site home directory is accessible in the access machines in a directory named after the site name.

To copy myfile from my workstation to my nancy home:

workstation:

scp myfile jdoe@access.grid5000.fr:nancy

To copy myremotefile from my lyon home to my workstation:

workstation:

scp jdoe@access.grid5000.fr:lyon/myremotefile /tmp

To copy mydir from my workstation to my nancy home:

workstation:

scp -r mydir jdoe@access.grid5000.fr:nancy

rsync files copy/synchronisation

Copying mydir to my rennes home with rsync through SSH:

workstation:

rsync -avz -e 'ssh -J jdoe@access.grid5000.fr' mydir jdoe@rennes:

tar/ssh files copy

Copying mydir to my rennes home with tar through SSH:

workstation:

tar c mydir | ssh jdoe@access.grid5000.fr tar x -C rennes/mydir

Mounting remote filesystem (sshfs)

To mount a remote filesystem using sshfs:

workstation:

mkdir ~/remote_dir

workstation:

sshfs -o idmap=user -o transform_symlinks jdoe@lyon.g5k:/home/jdoe/ ~/remote_dir

To unmount the remote filesystem :

workstation:

fusermount -u ~/remote_dir