[CentOS] Can expect do this?
John R Pierce
pierce at hogranch.com
Tue Nov 11 09:49:05 UTC 2008
Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to scp some files from machine1 to machine2.
> But, I'm in an environment where PubKeyAuthentication is not allowed in ssh :(
>
you really should convince whomever has made that boneheaded decision
that its a lot MORE secure than requiring you to put the password in
plaintext scripts
> So, I'm confused how to automate it as cronjob.
> However, I read somewhere that we can write a little bash script that
> will utilize 'expect' to answer for the ssh password prompt
>
dunno, never tried. seems to have a nice long man page with lots of
examples.
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