On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, James Hartley wrote: > The manpage for scp(1) mentions the -B option for running scp in batch > mode, but no further details. How can scp be run without prompting > for a password?
It sets "Batchmode yes". So read the ssh_config manpage about "BatchMode". You must still setup your authentication. But with "BatchMode yes", your client won't prompt for information. Jeremy C. Reed

