[linux] How to run SUDO command in WinSCP to transfer files from Windows to linux

I am trying to use WinSCP to transfer files over to a Linux Instance from Windows.

Im using private key for my instance to login to Amazon instance using ec2-user. However ec2-user does not have access to write to the Linux instance

How do i sudo su - to access the root directory and write to the linux box, using WinSCP or any other file transfer method?

Thanks

There is an option in WinSCP that does exactly what you are looking for:

Tagging this answer which helped me, might not answer the actual question

If you are using password instead of private key, please refer to this answer for tested working solution on Ubuntu 16.04.5 and 20.04.1

https://stackoverflow.com/a/65466397/2457076

I know this is old, but it is actually very possible.

• Go to your WinSCP profile (Session > Sites > Site Manager)

• Click on Edit > Advanced... > Environment > SFTP

• Insert sudo su -c /usr/lib/sftp-server in "SFTP Server" (note this path might be different in your system)

• Save and connect

Source

AWS Ubuntu 18.04:

I do have the same issue, and I am not sure whether it is possible or not,

tried the above solutions are not worked for me.

for a workaround, I am going with moving the files to my HOME directory, editing and replacing the files with SSH.

Usually all users will have write access to /tmp. Place the file to /tmp and then login to putty , then you can sudo and copy the file.