SCP Shell Script Authentication

[dessie1981]

Hi Guys,

I'm having a problem when i want to scp some db dump files onto another server in our network in a shell script.

I am being prompted for a password and i do not want to put the password in the shell script.

Is there a secure way of feeding the password to the prompt??

Regards
Dessie

 

[Annihilannic]

Try searching the forum as this has been discussed on a number of occasions. Basically you need to set it up to use public/private key authentication. A good keyword to search for is ssh-keygen.

Annihilannic.

 

[dessie1981]

Found a good tutorial on the web

http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html

Regards
Dessie

 

[dessie1981]

Just watch out for the permissions on the .ssh dir and the authorized_heys files as if these are not correct ssh will default back and prompt you for a password, appearing like it is not working.

Regards
Dessie

 

[QatQat]

Here is an old reply of mine

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1278099

Cheers

QatQat

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