On 14-Mar-2001 Christoph Simon wrote:
> 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.
Indeed: copy ~/.ssh/identity.pub to the remote machine's
~/.ssh/authorized_keys, and ssh/scp won't ask you for passwords.
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