Re: Providing password to scp

you could use expect to type it in for you

Dean

Andre Kolodochka wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> I need to set up a cron job where I grub a file from remote server and 
> place it into a directory on local server. Remote server have plain 
> username/password authentication configured.
> 
>  
> 
> SCP would do the job, but the problem is I have no idea how to provide a 
> password to scp as a parameter (versus entering it in interactive mode).
> 
>  
> 
> Any ideas apart from setting up no password certificate authentication?
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Andre
> 

-- 
http://fragfest.com.au
-- 
SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/
Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html