John Indra escribió:
>
> Dear all...
>
> Is there any way to copy files with scp and login to another host using ssh
> without specifying a password?
>
> Say I have user john at station1 and user john@station2. I am very tired of
> typing passwords everytime I have to copy something from station1 to
> station2. I do this copying at least 2 times a day and I will be very happy
> if I could just run a script then without any user intervention, scp will
> copy files accordingly.
>
> I'm using OpenSSH 2.3.0 with SSH protocol 2. I have read the manpage but I'm
> confused with the explanation. If anyone can give real examples, I will
> really appreciate it...
> BTW I don't want to use rhost method at all cause if I understand correctly,
> even OpenSSH manpages advice not to use it. That said, can I still achieve
> what I want (using scp without specifying password?)
>
Yes, you can do it by using publickey authentication. You can read how
to do it in the FAQ and Quickstart doc of the ssh sources.
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