could somebody tell me howto Generate the SSH key file to connect SSH without password from php Suman R Aluru -----Original Message----- From: David Smith [mailto:davidsmith@byu.edu] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 11:19 PM To: suman@bacbarcodes.com Cc: php-db@lists.php.net Subject: Re: hi (php-SSH) Suman Aluru wrote: >hi , > is there any way to write a PHP program for SSH. >I want to establish a SSH connection and work some commands in the remote >system and close the connection. > Yes, just do this (uses an SSH key file): <?php echo "Executing remote command...<br />"; echo `ssh -i /path/to/key/file user@host ls /tmp`; echo "Done executing remote command.<br />"; ?> Use an SSH key file so you won't have to provide a password. I do this all the time for system administration, works great for inter-host communication. --Dave -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php