Jim, You are almost there. Once you run ssh-keygen you should have created a public/private keypair in your .ssh directory. If you cd to ~/.ssh you should see an id_rsa and id_rsa.pub. Your next step should be to scp your id_rsa.pub to the server you want to scp in the future (you will be prompted for a password) .... the next step is to cat the id_rsa.pub file that you just scp'd into that hosts authorized_keys file .... #cat /tmp/id_rsa.pub >> /home/<user>/.ssh/authorized_keys This step will put the public key in the authorized keys for this host.
Next verify your process worked by running your scp command again from the originating host. You should not be prompted for a password. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Neal Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 3:50 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Need info on how to SCP on AIX without being prompted for password Importance: High Hi All, I am running TSM 5.5.4 on AIX 5.3.7. I am trying to use 'ssh-keygen -t rsa' to create a public/private keypair so that I can create a script that will automatically scp specific files to a remote site. Obviously, I do not wish to send the password in the clear, nor do I wish to incorporate the password into the script itself. I created the key pair on the server I want to send the file from and then copied the public key to the /home/(accountname)/.ssh directory of the account I am using on the destination server but I am still getting prompted for the password when using scp. The command I am using is: scp -i identity_file file-to-be-copied u...@destination_server:/destinatation_directory Any help or alternative solutions that anyone can provide will be immensely appreciated! Thanks much! Jim Neal Sr. TSM Admin UC Berkeley Storage and Backup Group jrn...@berkeley.edu
