> use ssh keys rather than password authentication.... see: man ssh-keygen hey thanks. Already using keys. It's sudo that's the blocker. Also I would use NOPASSWD on my sudo options, but there's some bureaucratic red-tape involved there. Can't really go about enabling that myself without ruffling some feathers. Otherwise thanks for the suggestions and keep 'em coming! On Tue, Oct 8, 2013 at 1:28 AM, John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/7/2013 7:51 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > > Any thoughts on how I should be going about this? > > use ssh keys rather than password authentication.... see: man ssh-keygen > > short version, on local system, run ssh-keygen to create a public and > private key for the local account, and append the public key > ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub on the local system to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys2 > file on the remote system. once you've done this, ssh/scp/sftp will > connect without prompting for a password. > > > > -- > john r pierce 37N 122W > somewhere on the middle of the left coast > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos