OT:SSH / SCP Configuration

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At Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 05:35:25PM -0400 or thereabouts, 
suspect J. P. Radley was observed uttering:
> Doug Luurs propounded (on Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 04:07:47PM -0400):
> | Has anyone configured scp (or any other SSH Copy program) to copy files
> | without 
> | asking for the target systems password ?
> | 
> | I know it can be done (.shosts ?) , but I'm not having any luck figuring
> | it out.
> | 
> | I want to automatically send export files from filepro from one system
> | to another,
> | and visvia.
> 
> You need to place a copy of the public key of the [the sending user
> at the] sending system into the authorized_keys file of the [receiving
> user at the] receiving system.
> 
> It's quite the same procedure you'd use to enable ssh from one machine
> to a remote with being asked for a pawssword on the remote.

Except you must use -B or ensure that the passphrase for the key is blank.
Either/or.  Using -B is higher security, although some people like to use
ssh keys to log in without having to enter anything, for which the latter
also works.

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