# Agent forwarding with scp

**URL:** <https://linux-tips.com/t/agent-forwarding-with-scp/292>\
**Category:** Shell\
**Created:** [October 30, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://linux-tips.com/t/agent-forwarding-with-scp/292 "2015-10-30T20:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrSlump](https://linux-tips.com/user_avatar/linux-tips.com/drslump/32/61_2.png) [@DrSlump](https://linux-tips.com/u/DrSlump)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://linux-tips.com/t/agent-forwarding-with-scp/292/1 "2015-10-30T20:44:16Z")

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It is possible to use ssh agent forwarding capabilities with **scp**.

Unfortunately, there is no short argument for scp like `ssh -A`, so you can use generic `-o` (option) argument like this:

```auto
$ scp -o "ForwardAgent yes" /path/to/file user@server:/path/to/dest

```