Problems using filePro with ssh to remotely execute command

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2005 at 05:20:53AM -0400, Walter Vaughan wrote:
> I think I understand how to use the USER command to read in data. What I 
> don't understand and am completely missing is how to run ssh without it 
> wanting me interactively entering a password.
> 
> This is currently going from a SCO box and querying a Fedora 3 Box..
> # ssh user at facetphone /usr/facetphone_utapi/bin/fp_cid -u person
> 
> ..which then asks the following..
> ser at facetphone's password:
> 
> ..I then type in the password, and it then returns.. 
> 
> number=><name=>
> 
> ..which is what I expect (except for missing 1st character)..
> 
> Somehow I am missing the magic keyword in google to get a tutorial or 
> example of what I need to run this in a USER command in filePro.

You can't run ssh in unattended mode without using a set of a public
key (made with ssh-keygen, IIRC), and a private key *with no
passphrase*.  Check out the -i switch, and the ssh-keygen manpage.

Cheers,
-- jra
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