On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 21:55:45 +0000 "Pew, Curtis G" <[email protected]> wrote:
:>On Aug 5, 2024, at 4:42?PM, Pew, Curtis G <[email protected]> wrote: :>That sftp doesnt support anything like NETRC? :>The sftp protocol is a part of ssh, and ssh supports public/private key authentication, so you can avoid the use of passwords. :>I guess I should add: if you want to have something shorter than [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> you can define a Host in your ssh configuration file, ~/.ssh/config. Like: :>Host myalias :> User userid :> HostName full.dns.name :>Then you can type `sftp myalias` instead of `sftp [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>`. Thanks. I found a way to force the password in the script. 1. Create a script file that contains echo $PASSWORD 2. Export PASSWORD 3. Specify export SSH_ASKPASS=the script above Then run SFTP -- Binyamin Dissen <[email protected]> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
