OT:SSH / SCP Configuration

[Jean-Pierre A. Radley]

Mark Luljak propounded (on Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 05:43:10PM -0400):
| 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.

Not necessarily.  My login files (.login or .profile) run ssh-agent when
I log in, capture my passphrase, and I do not have to supply it for any
ensuing ssh/scp/sftp sessions.  

OTOH if these transfers are to occur out of a crontab, then yes I guess
a blank passphrase is the way to go.

-- 
JP