Hi Friends,

I need help in some script task.

While using scp it ask us for password three time.
But the main aim is to reduce the attempt of asking password only once and exit in wrong password case.

Let me know if you have more query.
Thanks.

Set your MaxAuthTries option to 1 on /etc/ssh/sshd_config.

'man scp' mentions at the very top: '-F ssh_config' - you need custom-made ssh_config file.

I want to do it with script, when we will try to login with wrong password, the prompt will get exit.
Below is the script:



#!/bin/sh

echo -e "\vSTEP 1.Files Transfer.......... from Deployment Packagages\v"

#User Entering file to be transferred & User Name

read -p 'Enter the name of the file to be transferred: ' latest

read -p 'Enter Network ID: ' uname

#echo -e "\vSTEP 1.Files Transfer.......... from Deployment Packages\v"

#cd /mnt/projects/dcc_scm/DeploymentPackages

#latest=`ls -t | head -1`

scp -p /mnt/projects/dcc_scm/DeploymentPackages/$latest $uname@IP:/home//dccuser/DeploymentPackages >& result

#count=`grep -c denied result`

#if [$count -ne 0]; then

#echo -e "\v NETWORK ID OR PASSWORD IS INCORRECT\v"

#exit 1

#ps aux | grep scp

#pkill scp ; echo -e "\v NETWORK ID OR PASSWORD IS INCORRECT\v"

#fi

echo -e "\v STEP 2. Transferring Files..........from Tagged Builds\v"

#User entering file to be transferred & user name

read -p 'Enter the name of the file to be transferred: ' latest1

#cd /mnt/projects/dcc_scm/TaggedBuilds

#latest1=`ls -t | head -1`

scp /mnt/projects/dcc_scm/TaggedBuilds/$latest1 $uname@IP:/home//dccuser/DeploymentPackages


Thanks for the help!!!

Have a look at the Expect utility.

Thanks all, it's working perfectly.