Gurdeep Singh wrote: >Hello, > >Can anyone guide me on automating SCP. > >I wish to transfer files through SCP twice daily, as an automated cron >job. >Can anyone help me with a script which will do this. >I wish to use SCP with password only. > >Regards, > >Gurdeep > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. > > > > it's been awhile since I did this, but you should look into generating ssh-keygen to have the DSA/RSA key to the target so that you don't have to worry about password authentication since it's already received the key exchange between the service. I did this just ssh running a specific cron jobs, but try "man ssh-keygen"... ** gene ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.