From: Aaron Morris (aaronmorris@MINDSPRING.COM)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 19:03:08 EDT
scp -B will only work if you have passwordless authentication like RSA
or DSA public/private keys setup. If it requires a password, scp -B
will exit immediately since it will not ask you for a password.
From the scp manpage:
-B Selects batch mode (prevents asking for passwords or passphrases).
Naylor, Jim wrote:
> I tried this command according to the man pages:
>
> scp -B username@servername:test.file
>
> and it kept comming back with the usage. What am I doing wrong?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aaron Morris [mailto:aaronmorris@MINDSPRING.COM]
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 12:41 PM
> To: aix-l@princeton.edu
> Subject: Re: Non-Interactive SFTP
>
>
> Why not just use scp?
>
> Naylor, Jim wrote:
>
>>Hello All,
>>According to the man pages on SFTP you can use the -b to automate SFTP.
>
> The
>
>>-b points to a command file that has the sftp commands. Has anyone been
>>able to get SFTP to work in a script form like ftp. We do the following
>
> for
>
>>ftp automation:
>>
>>echo "user username password" > ftpfile
>>echo "cd abcd" >> ftpfile
>>echo "get filename" >> ftpfile
>>echo "bye" >> ftpfile
>>
>>ftp ftpsite < ftpfile
>>
>>I have tried to do something similar with SFTP but cannot seem to get it
>
> to
>
>>work. This script needs to be run by a user other than the sftp login
>
> user.
>
>>According to the man pages I would have to do sftp username@sftpserver.
>
> Any
>
>>ideas would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Jim Naylor
>>Unix Systems Administrator
>>Schnuck Markets, Inc.
>>* Direct: (314) 994-4784
>>*)) Cell: (314) 691-0186
>>* Fax : (314) 994-4684
>>* jnaylor@schnucks.com
>>
>
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