2 doubts
Steve VanDevender
stevev at darkwing.uoregon.edu
Fri Apr 19 09:54:07 EST 2002
Jorge Cleber Teixeira de Almeida Junior writes:
> Hi,
You have two questions, not two doubts. Doubt is being unsure about
whether something is true.
> What is the command to use with scp and sftp in UNIX, to transfer files
> as ASCII ?
>
> I know that in FTP , we have the parameter "ascii" , but, how about openssh?
scp and sftp transfer files in binary mode only. There is no "ascii"
mode for sftp.
> How can I make a script in UNIX using scp or sftp where I do not have to
> type the password ? I mean, there is a password , but I don´t know where I
> should put it . In a file ? Into the script ?
Actually, you can use identity keys to avoid having to give a password
to authenticate to remote hosts. Read the man page for ssh-keygen and
the sections in the man pages for ssh and sshd about RSA authentication.
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