Re: scp

[Christoph Simon <datageo@terra.com.br>]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 16:13:18 +0100
Florian Steurer <florian.steurer@alcatel.ch> wrote:

> hi!
> I try to write a backup (shell-)script and use the "scp"-command. It
> asks for a password, how can I automize the passwort prompt -> I mean
> that the password is direct read from the shell script, without
> prompting. I tried something with pipes and > < , but doesn't work. I
> also tried the -B option...without any success...
> thanks for helping

If you set up correctly the files on ~/.ssh, you shouldn't need a
password at all, although it won't work for root. But I didn't try it. YMMV.

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