Hey all, I'm trying to find a way to copy files to a couple of my servers throughout the day using a script. Doing it in Windows was quite easy but I'm baffled as to how to do it in Linux. The part that I can't figure out is how to pass the password to the remote server. I'm using a generic scp command:

How do I include the password so the script will work without user intervention? Googling this is no help. Well, there was one hit that looked like it might do what I wanted it to do but after I got to the third page I decided to post a question here. Is this possible? If so, how?

Thanks,

Joe B

I found a program called sshpass, but there are several versions of the rpm. I'll jump in and see what happens.

Thanks,

Joe B

Yep, I'm using sshpass like this:

and it works like a charm (you need the single-quotes). Here's the page I finally found that helped me get it working:

http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/noninte...word-provider/

Thanks,

Joe B