Hi,

just a short question: During an ssh session, i'd like to cp a file back to the host i opend the connection from. (How) is this possible ?

Sure, i could use scp, but that would mean, to open another connection and than i'd have to provide the password once more. (I'd like to use it in a script.) I mean, the connection already *is* there...

How about having ssh-agent handle auth?

or how about using SFTP

http://www.cae.wisc.edu/site/public/?title=linux-sftp

or scp (secure copy)

this uses the same authentication as ssh so is as secure:

http://www-hep2.fzu.cz/computing/adm/scp.html

EDIT: sorry - should have read the OP - i feel silly now...

Can i tell ssh-agent to "forget" the key again?

I didn't setup passwordless connections because of security reasons. So i would let ssh-agent store the password only during the execution of the script. Is this possible?

Can i tell ssh-agent to "forget" the key again?
Sure. The manual says so ;-p


I didn't setup passwordless connections because of security reasons.
Good, good. There are a few ways to restrict access to use passwordless ssh like limiting by command and IP (range) but I'd only use that on LAN's where you only use hardened secure hosts.


So i would let ssh-agent store the password only during the execution of the script. Is this possible?
You could yes, but it's not something for unattended runs.
If you can explain in detail what you're trying to do maybe we could be a wee bit more helpful.

ok, you're right.
I wanted to write a script, that i could call from anywhere by
$ ssh user@host.com "$HOME/bin/myscript"

That script should do some things on the (remote) host i called it from, amongst other things copy files to this host. So i thought about to call it with
$ ssh user@host.com "$HOME/bin/myscript $USER"
so i could use $USER (=$1) and $HOST_IP (extracted from $SSH_CONNECTION or $SSH_CLIENT) in "scp files $USER@$HOST_IP:$HOME/"

As mentioned above, the problem is that the script asks for my password, which should be not necessary if i could use the connection that is already opened (like "cp files $USER@$HOST_IP:$HOME/").

Any ideas?

Any ideas?
Nothing new, no. Better use ssh-agent.