using sftp with password
 

Hey guyz,
i need to use sftp with a password.. not with the open ssh keygen.

i tried this


FTPDESTI=$USER@$ip

sftp -b $FILE root@ip << EOF
EOF

in the file $FILE it contains:
password
ls

any idea where i go wrong?

doesn't sftp normally have a password?

i am writing a script on it....
i wanna go in through sftp with a password,,,
how do i put the sftp password in the script?

As far as I'm concerned there is no way to do that by means of the sftp command. Apart security concerns which you may have taken into account, a method can be using expect, which talk to interactive applications. For example the script
talk to sftp by sending the password in the colored field. Please note first line of this script and the newline character after the password. Expect is not installed by default on all linux distros. Another method could be by means of Perl or Python, which can interact with sftp passing arguments like password and commands.

hmmm.....
if i do not have expect in /usr/bin.. where do i go to get it?

if the password is in clear text then wouldn't this be pretty insecure

hmm i want something like that example he give hmm unless there is a better way.. cause its just for house keeping.. no biggie

I would encrypt the password rather then storing it in clear text

I know. If you re-read my post you can see I assume the OP has done his evaluation about security concerns. As for me, I would use public key authentication.
Depending on the distribution you are running on, you should be able to find a package called expect. The official page is here.

hmm right...
so how do i get this method to work??

Which linux are you running on?

hmmmm
red hat linux 9
hmm
but some colleauges of mine changed the kernal

Hmmm... I doubt that a RPM for RedHat9 is available somewhere. You may consider to compile from source (see the link I posted).