Script for scp

DaFakaMatt · 03-30-2010, 10:45 PM

Hello everyone.

I'm trying to make a script to go from one machine to another so I can copy files through scp 1 at a time. Here is what I got so far:

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DATE="/bin/date"

echo "Starting the copy: `$DATE`"

scp /home/user/$1 hostname:/home/user
sleep 1

echo "Finished the copy : `$DATE`"

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The only thing I am looking for, is how do I make it so it will not prompt me for a password? any help is appreciated

kirukan · 03-30-2010, 10:55 PM

Create public key for that particular user
follow the following for public key
http://sial.org/howto/openssh/publickey-auth/

DaFakaMatt · 03-31-2010, 10:53 PM

Thanks for the help kirukan, But I don't want to change any keys around. I want do it so for example, have a password file, so that the script looks into the password file for the password, can this be done?

kirukan · 03-31-2010, 11:21 PM

If you keep your password in plain text somewhere in file, people not recommend this way because of security issue

DaFakaMatt · 04-01-2010, 12:25 AM

Hmm good point, should there be a eavesdropper, they'd be able to pick up that password... Hmmm

chrism01 · 04-01-2010, 01:28 AM

You can use ssh auth keys (prob best), or lookup ssh-agent, where you login to the ssh-agent and it stores your encrypted passwd in mem, then supplies to any prog in same session that asks for it.