Getting Connection refused error when using scp on VM

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I have a virtual linux build running on qemu (It runs drop bear as ssh client.) and I am trying to copy some modules I wrote to it using scp using the following command: ``` scp -vvv -p 2222 wd/day10/int_mod.ko root@localhost:/lib/modules/3.13.5/int_mod.ko ``` And I get Connection refused error more specifically (I forwarded 2222 to 22 of virtual machine.): ``` Executing: program /usr/bin/ssh host localhost, user root, command scp -v -p -d -t /lib/modules/3.13.5/int_mod.ko OpenSSH_6.6.1, OpenSSL 1.0.1f 6 Jan 2014 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: /etc/ssh/ssh_config line 19: Applying options for * debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0 debug1: Connecting to localhost [127.0.0.1] port 22. debug1: connect to address 127.0.0.1 port 22: Connection refused ssh: connect to host localhost port 22: Connection refused lost connection ``` What I don't understand is I can easily connect to ssh using ``` ssh -p 2222 root@localhost ``` I can connect without any problem.

Accepted Answer

ssh and scp use different options for specifying the port. From the ssh man page:

```
[-p port]
```

From the scp man page:

```
[-P port]
```

scp uses capital P. Notice how your debug output says port 22 connection refused when you are trying to connect to port 2222.

Getting Connection refused error when using scp on VM

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