I have been trying for weeks now to be able to transfer files from Linux to Windows with minimal success. I already have a Powershell script created that grabs files from a Linux directory but I want to have a bash script to do this instead. In my Powershell script it uses a host key right in the script. I want to insert the host key in a bash script too. So since it works in Powershell, I figured when I created a bash script it would not ask for a password because of the previous use of this authentication, but it still asks for a password. I want the process to be fully automated.

passwords, it is coming and going. It wouldn't matter if you psychically log in you have to enter a password regardless of which system you're logging into.

Same with scripts. The thing you could do is insert the password within your script to be entered each time, or set it up so no password is actually needed to preform this task.

set it up for auto authentication with some type of hash code.

think of how Bluetooth works it has a trusted certificate, so when that same phone is connected it is automatically allowed access.

each device holds this record. the pc and the phone both know each other and was given a trust account. No password is needed.

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Can you please show me how to do this, with and without a password. Smbclient looks promising. I looked at everything from smbclient, scp, sftp, etc and have got nowhere

Putting "how to map a windows share in linux" into Google pulls up many examples. This one:
...uses the built-in CIFS file system and the existing mount command to mount a Windows share to a folder in Linux. Replace variables with what matches your Windows server/user/password/share and the desired folder for Linux. Don't want to put the password in the script? Then just delete the ",password=somepassword" from the above command. It'll then prompt you for a password.

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I have the concept not the actual how to. I'd have to get two OS, one Windows, and One Linux and figure it out myself.

Where is your script you are using now. is their not an area where it gets to the log in, then add the password to be entered within that script.

here in this post it shows smbclient -N to suppress a password.

http://www.computerhope.com/unix/smbclien.htm

maybe wait to see if someone else that has more experience with this to answer. Seeing how you're looking for everything.

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The easiest would be to mount a windows share using fstab with a credentials file as shown above. You can then transfer files using the cp command.

There are other methods like using expect or heredoc but for services other then windows file sharing you will need to install a server (sftp, ftp etc) on the Windows PC.

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Well I just tried this using Samba. It gives no errors but upon checking the directory on the Win side, the file has not been copied

smbclient //blah.blah.com\\ /foldertowriteto usernameofWinShare%pswdOfWinShare -c "put filename.txt"

What am I doing wrong???

@TB0ne..I tried your suggestion.the response..... only root can do that 8.((((

The correct syntax is:

smbclient //windows_PC/share_name -c "put source_file_name destination_file_name"

Did you create a share for the desired directory? I did have to review the man pages for smbclient and it also can use a credentials file using the -A option.

The credentials file format is:
username = mywinuser
password = mywinpass

You can specify the password and username on the command line.

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@michaelk..ok I did that and it's asking for oracle's password. I tried EVERY password I have, none work 8.(

It should not be THIS hard ugh!

smbclient defaults to the clients username i.e. who you are logged in as. It depends how you created the share on the windows box (allows users and password). You need to use the windows username via the -U option.

smbclient //windows_PC/share_name password -U username -c "put source_file_name"

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@michaelk..........I tried what you suggested, put the password in and get Error NT_STATUS_UNSUCCESSFUL. I even did -U username%password, that didn't even work 8.((

Funny thing is, the name and password works in WinSCP! But I doing this in Linux and want it to be non-interactive

What version of windows are you running? The linux username/password is not necessarily the same as the windows username/password. With WinSCP you are using your linux credentials, with smbclient you are using the windows credentials.

Assuming your not running a domain, LDAP or AD authentication etc.

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