Aia kekahi mau kauoha Linux e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻohana no ke kopeʻana i nā waihona mai kekahi papapona i kekahi. Pono ka papa (" r emote c o p y") e hana e like me ka cp (" c o p y"), koe naʻe ka mea e 'ae ai iāʻoe e kope i nā waihona a me nā kulekele ma luna o ka pūnaewele a i nā computer paʻamau.
He maikaʻi a maʻalahi kēia, akā no ka hanaʻana ponoʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i nā papahana i loko o ke kūkākūkāʻana eʻae i kēia hana. Hoʻopiʻiʻia kēia ma nā waihona ".rhosts". Eʻike iʻaneʻi no kaʻike hou aku.
ʻO ka hua'ōlelo paʻa loa o ka rcp is scp (" s cure c o p y"). Hoʻokumuʻia ia ma ke kaʻina hana (" s ecure sh ell"), e hoʻohana ana i ke hoʻopunipuni.
ʻO ka pāʻoihana nui o ka polokalamu polokalamu ftp ke hele mai ia me nā pūnaehanaʻoihana i hoʻohana pinepineʻia, e like me nā hoʻolaha Linux loa a me Microsoft Windows, aʻaʻole makemakeʻo ia i nā ".rhosts" files. Hiki iāʻoe ke kope i nā pūnaewele lōʻihi me ka ftp , akāʻo nā mea maʻamau maʻamauʻaʻole lākou e hoʻololi i nā kumu kuhikuhi piha.