sftp script

[nimrodman]

Does anyone have a script or can suggest a clean way to do a script for sftp, please, I am trying to solve a delivery issue and the suggestion came up that maybe we should consider using secure ftp, thanks.

Any suggestion would be highly appreciated.

 

[unixfreak]

Script?

Can you explain your requirements in a bit more detail?

 

[khalidaaa]

Why don't you use this command instead of the sftp:

(make sure you are in the destination dir)

ssh node1 'cd /source_dir; find . -print | backup -iqf -' | restore -xpvqf -

or you can use the scp as well to copy directy from one machine to the other (as long as the ssh is configured between the two machines)

man scp for more info

Regards,
Khalid

 

[khalidaaa]

Have a look into this link as well:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1385815&page=1

Regards,
Khalid

 

[columb]

OpenSSH (which is the one that came on my 'extras' CD) has the -b flag so that you can run

 sftp -b batchfile user@host

You want to use Public/Private key pairs to avoid login problems. If you have sftp then the man page is pretty good, if not here it is

On the internet no one knows you're a dog

Columb Healy

 

[unboot]

Oh, you want to give a plaintext password in the script, thus bypassing all security? Well... sftp requires a terminal. So, give it one:


#!/usr/bin/expect

set timeout -1

set password [lindex $argv 0 ]
set account [lindex $argv 1 ]
set script [lindex $argv 2 ]

log_file /home/dir/sftp.log

spawn /usr/bin/sftp -C -b $script $account
expect "assword:"
send -- "$password\r"
send -- "\r"
expect eof




Using public key cryptography instead is of course recommended as it is

- safer

- simpler to implement

- not your Fault (plaintext passwords can become)