Dan Track wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I've written a simple for loop see below: > > for i in orion earth;do scp /etc/hosts /etc;done > > I have a small scripting knowledge so would appreciate some help. What > I'd like to do is somehow change the above so that the script prompts > me for a password and when I give the script the password it will use > it to auto-reply to any password promtps that scp asks for when > logging into all the servers. If I am right I believe readline needs > to be used. If it can't be done in bash can you give me a perl > alternative please. > > Thanks for your help. > > Dan > You are not giving scp a host to connect to, so you are in effect coping /etc/hosts on the local machine to /etc/hosts on the local machine. Try something like: for i in orion earth ; do scp /etc/hosts $i:/etc/hosts ; done I tend to be conservative, and specify the entire file name for the target. It isn't required in this case, but I like to play it safe. In order for this to work, you need to have your public key in /root/.gnupg on the target machines. You have to have the key unlocked, or not have a pass phrase. The script also has to be run as root. If you want to run the script as a normal user, you can use: for i in orion earth ; do scp /etc/hosts root@$i:/etc/hosts ; done Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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