Hello Shekhar, 'expect' can help
Monday, July 31, 2006, 10:16:12 PM, you wrote: SK> Hi! SK> I am new member to this group. Hi to all and thanks for having me in. SK> I am stuck with some unusual situation and am seeking urgent help. SK> We have a backend server in C++ on Solaris 5.9 . The need is to SK> intiate a sftp/scp to a remote location. We have the login and SK> passwords set up. I know for non-interactive SFTP/SCP2 sessions we can SK> exchange RSA/DSA keys. But that is not doable in my current business SK> situation between the Prod Support, the other business entity to which SK> we are ftping the files and out IT team. SK> Is there a way I can pass the password to the scp session? I tried few SK> things that are usually doable in ftp(plain old non scure ftp) like SK> passing the password in batch etc but the same doesnot work for SFTP. SK> Is there any way I can create a process that can pass the password to SK> the scp command? SK> Any perlsript(basic perl without net::sftp or other packages [sorry! SK> for the constraints but relations with prod support are not very SK> great] and shell script that can handle this is also possible) SK> Any help or suggestions in this regard great!!! SK> Thanks all SK> Shekhar -- Best regards, Ed mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
