# 2.5 Secure Copy

Sometimes it's needed to copy files from one Virtual Machine to another.
This is done with the ```scp``` command which means Secure Copy this uses the **SSH** protocol to copy files between machines.

**become root**

### Secure Copy to your machine
We are going to copy the file ```veryimportantfile``` from the Hypervizor your student VM, using the ```scp``` command, it looks nearly the same as the ssh command.

**become root**

You need to know exactly where the file is, and we know that it is at ```/home/greater/veryimportantfile``` on the Hypervizor.

```bash
scp [user]@[server]:[/file/location] [/where/you/want/the/file]
```

To accomplish the copy of the ```veryimportantfile``` we can use the following command:
```bash
scp /home/greater/veryimportantfile greater@rhcsa:/home/greater/veryimportantfile
```
This will attempt to login with the user **greater** on the **rhcsa** server to **copy** the ```veryimportantfile``` to it.
- It will ask if you want to register the key type: **yes**
- It will ask for a password, this is: **greater**

Now we can check what is in the ```veryimportantfile``` with the ```cat``` command this shows what is in a test file just directly in the terminal.

```bash
cat /home/greater/veryimportantfile
```

You should get a important message.