On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 04:07:45PM -0700, Robert Kerr wrote: > On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Jason Mogavero wrote: > > > If you use ssh to administer the machines that need to transfer files, you > > can use scp, which is an encrypted file transfer method using the ssh > > daemon. If you're transferring files into an unsecure network, you'd be > > better off using scp anyway. The downfall of this is that you need valid > > accounts on both boxes....there's no anonymous login, as it authenticates > > the same way ssh does. (as far as I know) > > I was under the impression that I couldn't run scp unattended. Is that > not correct?
If you create an RSA indentity key with a null password this works fine unattended. It's also possible to use rsync via ssh this way (in fact I do that to copy files from a linux box at work to a windows me box at home). Cheers, -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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