sftp batch mode and interactive passwords

[John Abreau]

On 2/21/07, Robert La Ferla <robertlaferla at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I tried scp initially but it didn't work - presumably because it was
> disabled for security reasons.  I use scp all the time so that would
> have been a good solution.  expect works like a champ!

I believe scp and sftp both use the same backend on the server;
it seems odd that one would work and the other not. Any security
problem would be with the backend, not with the client end, so
blocking scp and enabling sftp is no more secure than enabling
both scp and sftp.


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