--- Steve Douville <php@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm trying to write something to run as a cron job that will
> perform an sftp command and then run a batch file. I was trying
> to use:
>
> system("sftp user@host")
>
> But that stalls and waits for a password before continuing with
> the script. Any ideas on how to pass the password when it's
> prompted?
Yes, you have to use a language like Expect.
If you want to stick with PHP, you're better off using an ssh key, so that
you're not prompted for the password.
Hope that helps.
Chris
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Chris Shiflett - http://shiflett.org/
PHP Security - O'Reilly HTTP Developer's Handbook - Sams
Coming December 2004 http://httphandbook.org/
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