transfer dir/file to root permission remote dir over ssh with sudo and tar.

tssh.md

transfer dir/file to root permission remote dir over ssh

local to remote root

file

tar czf - -C /path/to/src/dir foo.txt bar.txt | \
ssh remote.example.net 'sudo tar zxvf - -C /path/to/dest/dir'

dir

tar -chf - -C /path/to/src/dir .' | \
ssh remote.example.net 'sudo tar zxvf - -C /path/to/dest/dir'

remote to remote

ssh src.example.net 'sudo tar -chf - -C /path/to/src/dir .|cat' | \
ssh dest.example.net 'sudo tar xf - -C /path/to/dest/dir'