sftp batch mode and interactive passwords

[robertlaferla at comcast.net]

Thanks.  I will try "expect".  BTW - I saw that in the man page but I interpreted it as a way to avoid having to type in the password.  i.e.  it seemed ambiguous to me. 

Robert

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Dan Ritter <dsr at tao.merseine.nu>
> On Wed, Feb 21, 2007 at 08:47:11PM +0000, robertlaferla at comcast.net wrote:
> > % sftp -b mybatchfile myuser at myhost
> > 
> > but instead of prompting me for a password, it gives me a:
> > 
> > debug1: Authentications that can continue: 
> publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
> 
> From the man page:
> 
>   The final usage format allows for automated sessions using the
>   -b option.
>   In such cases, it is necessary to configure non-interactive
>   authentication to obviate the need to enter a password at
>   connection time (see sshd(8) and ssh-keygen(1) for details). 
> 
> In other word, You Can't Do That, That Way.
> 
> Does it have to be SFTP? Can you do SCP instead?
> 
> Otherwise, you should use expect to script the whole thing, not
> batch mode.
> 
> -dsr-
> 
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