> > OK, works. Can lftp or cygport be configured so that lftp does not ask > > for a password? Or to use sftp instead? > > I don't know of any configuration for lftp to turn off that behaviour > (which is arguably a defect in lftp), but that's probably something you > could investigate for yourself. > > I am not sure why lftp is used instead of sftp, possibly it is > insufficiently scriptable to do what cygport wants to do.
I wrote the upload command for cygport, with review by Yaakov. Yes, it is harder to script than you might guess. I originally proposed to offer sftp and lftp options, but he said to strip it down to just lftp. The logic is in /usr/share/cygport/lib/pkg_upload.cygpart. If the SSH_KEY environment variable isn't set, then lftp connects with the connect string sftp://cyg...@cygwin.com which will prompt for a password. To use an ssh key, set SSH_KEY equal to the file name of the key. You can do that in ~/.cygport.conf, for example: SSH_KEY=~/.ssh/id_dsa Then if the key is already loaded in a running ssh_agent, or if it's unencrypted, you shouldn't get a password prompt. Note that SSH_KEY is documented in the cygport docs. Good luck! Andrew