sftp over shell script

naughtymutt · 08-20-2004, 04:00 AM

Does anyone have a shell script that will log into a sftp server and download files without asking for a password.

I have written a script it works, but I cant get it to stop asking for the password.

druuna · 08-20-2004, 05:56 AM

If you are able to configure public key authentication, you are not asked for a password (this is also true for ssh).

If this is set up you can use the -b option that comes with sftp (see man sftp) to execute commands automatically (although a script will also work, I guess).

Take a look at the following manpages for more detailed information:

sftp
ssh-keygen

Hope this helps.