Another way: # Open a connection to the remote host and # create a control socket at /tmp/ssh_socket ssh -S /tmp/ssh_socket -M -N -f host.example.com
# Use the control socket to transfer files. scp -o ControlPath=/tmp/ssh_socket file1 dummy:remote_file1 scp -o ControlPath=/tmp/ssh_socket file2 dummy:remote_file2 # etc. # or with rsync... rsync --rsh="ssh -S /tmp/ssh_socket" -av /local/dir/ dummy:/remote/dir/ # Bring the connection down. ssh -S /tmp/ssh_socket -O exit dummy The "dummy" host above can be anything, it doesn't matter since you have already specified the socket to send things through. Cheers, Andreas On 15/08/07, James Hartley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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? > > Thanks. > > -- Andreas Kahari Somewhere in the general Cambridge area, UK
