scp in batch mode

[Daniel Kahn Gillmor]

On February 11, mbrewster at solihull.gov.uk said:

 > Have recently configured secure shell on solaris 9.
 >
 > I'd like to be able to transfer files to other servers in batch
 > mode (without password interaction), ie with the -B option.
 >
 > scp tells me "unable to find an authentication method.
 >
 > What have I missed?
 >
 > Any help welcome.

Some form of authentication still needs to take place, otherwise the
copying wouldn't be secure.  A reasonable way to do this is with an
SSH identity/public key.  Brian Hatch's articles [1] [2] about doing
this are a good place to start reading.

hth,

	--dkg


[1] http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1810
[2] http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1812