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Allow incoming SCP connections on Mac

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Mar 15, 202674677 views
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Problem

How can I allow incoming connections on my Mac (OS X 10.6.4) from other machines on the same network? Every time I’m trying to something on the machine I get a Connection refused error. Later edit: The command used is this: And the reply is this:

Error Output

scp path/to/local.file user@remote.machine:

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Fix for: Allow incoming SCP connections on Mac

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System Preferences pane → Sharing applet → check the Remote Login checkbox. This will enable SSH, and in turn, SCP.

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