How do I scp files between SSH public key targets?

[Ryan Byrd]

you need agent forwarding:
http://unixwiz.net/techtips/ssh-agent-forwarding.html#fwd

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Kenneth Burgener <kenneth at mail1.ttak.org>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have setup my network with public keys, which works great, but how do
> I copy files between two target systems?  My desktop has my private key,
> and I have several target systems with a copy of my public key.  I can
> ssh into any of the targets without issue, but if I try to scp files
> between two targets, it fails as the targets do not have my private
> key.  Is there a mechanism to forward the established authentication
> though a connection?  Is this what ssh-agent is for?  Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Kenneth
>
>
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