Shell Script: Scp files automatically without password

GagAn · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:14 am **Posts:** 193

The following script can be used to transfer the files from one server to another without having to provide password. However, before you use this script you will have to ensure that the public ssh-keys for the user which will be executing the script are exchanged. In case you aren't aware of how to transfer the public ssh-key for password-less login, please click here.

Here is how the script goes:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

### scp files via key exchange ###

## ~/file_list contains the  list of files which needs to be copied over. ##

for i in `cat ~/file_list`
do
scp $i user@remote-server:/~
done;

### End Script ###

GagAn · **Joined:** Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:14 am **Posts:** 193

The following script is designed using expect utility. Please note that in order to execute this script you will need to have expect utility present on the server.

The following is how the script goes:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

# connect via scp
spawn scp /home/gagan/myfile.txt user@remotehost:/var/www/html/
#######################
expect {
-re ".*es.*o.*" {
exp_send "yes\r"
exp_continue
}
-re ".*sword.*" {
exp_send "PASSWORD\r"
}
}
interact

Please note that in the above script, you will have to replace PASSWORD, with the password for user on remotehost.

GagA// 0n D nEt

Shell Script: Scp files automatically without password

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