topic Re: Scripting sftp in Operating System - OpenVMS

Scripting sftp

Jack Trachtman — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 12:59:37 GMT

We would like to use sftp within a DCL
batch script. The programmer who has
tried this has found that he couldn't
pass a password to sftp via the script
(possibly because sftp is written to
expect input from terminals only?)

Can anyone suggest how we might script
sftp and pass it a password? Thanks

Re: Scripting sftp

Jim_McKinney — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:04:12 GMT

To script SFTP (MultiNet) and feed it a password in batch mode I had to write a pseudoterminal application.

Re: Scripting sftp

Karl Rohwedder — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 01:09:15 GMT

Pls. check thread
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=985928
where Volker explains the setup for SFTP.

regards Kalle

Re: Scripting sftp

Richard Whalen — Thu, 26 Jan 2006 10:51:58 GMT

If SSH thinks that it is operating in batch mode then it won't attempt password authentication, and you have to use either public key or host based authentication.

SFTP tells SSH that it is operating in batch mode when the command stream is coming from a file (instead of a terminal).

Re: Scripting sftp

Jack Trachtman — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:59:16 GMT

Thanks