Re: [R] SSH Through R Script

2010-04-13 Thread Jonathan Baron
Another way to solve the problem is to mount the remote server using sshfs and then access it as a directory on your local computer. This will require using the password once when you mount the server, but you can just leave it mounted until you shut down your computer. E.g., You have an empty

Re: [R] SSH Through R Script

2010-04-12 Thread Sharpie
afoo wrote: Hi, I am trying to SSH to a remote server through R script. In other words, I would like to know how I can get a SSH connection to the remote server and then execute commands on that server with the R script. So in bash, I would normally type ssh -lusername

Re: [R] SSH Through R Script

2010-04-12 Thread Sharpie
Sorry about the double post, but this line: Sharpie wrote: ssh u...@webserver.com -e cd ~/.ssh;cat webKey.pub authorized_keys Should be: ssh u...@webserver.com cd ~/.ssh;cat webKey.pub authorized_keys I.e., omit the -e flag. Apologies, -Charlie - Charlie Sharpsteen

Re: [R] SSH Through R Script

2010-04-09 Thread Jonathan Baron
You might try setting up ssh so that you do not need a password. See man ssh-keygen In essence, you make a key for the machine you are on with (for example): ssh -t dsa which produces a public and a private key. You upload the public key to remoteserver.com, and put it in your .ssh directory

Re: [R] SSH Through R Script

2010-04-09 Thread Don MacQueen
When I do what you're describing, I get prompted for my password: system('ssh -l usernm rmthost') use...@rmthost's password: After I enter my password, nothing seems to happen. But if I hit ctrl-c then I get a command line prompt, and it turns out that it's a shell prompt on the