FTP without asking for password

[Sarvesh A Dhuri]

Hi

My network security administrator do not allow rcp , is there any way to use FTP between the two unix server (HP UX 11i) without prompting for a password.

Thanks in advance

[Steven E. Protter]

I do not belive so.

You can use secure shell however. It has a function like rcp called scp. Except its secure.

http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA

Then exchange public keys and you are done.

SEP

[H.Merijn Brand (procura · Accepted solution]

Add in your ~/.netrc (mode 600)

machine blah login user password secret

or fiddle with /etc/hosts.equiv, ~user/.rhosts

Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

[Dino_4]

Hi,

u can create a .netrc in your $HOME.

Check 'man .netrc'

[Marvin Strong]

should be able to do it with .netrc as others have stated. Put it in your home directory.

man netrc

[Abdul Rahiman]

Hi,

In these type of situations, I would vote for using Secure shell. It has utilities to replace rsh, rcp, telnet, ftp etc. in secure (read encrypted) way.

Setup SSh to use key based authentication so that there is no clear text passwrod going across the netowrk which would make your systems very vulnerable to network sniffing attacks.

regds,
Abdul.

[Steven E. Protter]

Forgot about that .ntrc file.

The reason that methodology never comes to mind is that its a security problem.

SEP

[Muthukumar_5]

Hai,

You can use the $HOME/.netrc file to do this.Create the file on home directory as

#-------- .netrc ---------
machine login password

Create the file to allow the users in both servers.

You can do with scripting too as like
# script
machine=$1
file=$2

if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
echo " Usage: "
exit 1
fi

ftp -i -n machine <<-EOF 2>/dev/null
!ksh $file
EOF

Use the script on both side. You can use the commands lists in a file as,
#cat /tmp/ftpcmd.ksh
user username password
pwd
ls
cd /dir1/dir2
bye

You can add this script to /usr/bin/ to be used for ever in all machines.

Regards,
Muthukumar.

[Sandeep Geet]

Hi !

You can try this script, I have tested this successfully,

ftp -i -n -v "Serevr Address: << EOF
user "user name" "password"
put "file name"
bye
EOF

Best of Luck
Sandeep

[Sandeep Geet]

Hi !

You can try this script, I have tested this successfully,

ftp -i -n -v "Server Address: << EOF
user "user name" "password"
put "file name"
bye
EOF

Best of Luck
Sandeep

[Christian Tremblay]

I your sysadmin prohibits using rcp for security reasons, he certainly is not going to allow .netrc files or ftp scripts that will xmit clear passwords over tne network.

Use secure shell for logins and scp for transfers.