title: sending files to virtual machine SCP
body: <p>I am trying to transfer files over to my virtual machine</p>
  
  <p>I tried the command</p>
  
  <p><code>scp files user@xxx.xx.xx.xxx:/home/user/directory</code></p>
  
  <p>I am later asked to enter the password for <code>user@xxx.xx.xx.xxx</code></p>
  
  <p>When I enter the password the output is:</p>
  
  <p><code>scp: /home/user/directory/filename: Permission denied</code></p>
  
  <p>I thought perhaps I don't have the correct permissions or rights to the files?</p>
  
  <p>So I checked rights for each file and it is</p>
  
  <p><code>-rwxr-xr-x</code></p>
  
  <p>Not really sure what I need to do to correctly SCP my files over to my virtual machine</p>