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Old 11-11-2008
How to stop asking password while running shell script?

Hello,

I am ftping the file from one unix box to another box. This script works fine. Only problem here is, it is asking the password when ftp the file. How can i stop that. I am providing the password inside the shell script. But it is not accepting this. I need to put this script in crontab. So i wanted to take the passwod from shell script file.. Any help is greatly appreciated...

export ORACLE_HOME=/usr/app/oracle/product/9.2.0
export WORKING_DIR=/home/odsapp/apps/CTSI
export FTP_TO=${WORKING_DIR}/CTSI_FILES
export FTP_FROM=xx.xx.com
export FTP_USER=xxx
export FTP_USER_PASSWD=yyy
cd ${FTP_TO}
ftp -dni << EOT
open $FTP_FROM
user $FTP_USER $FTP_USER_PASSW
cd /home/ftp/download
binary
get test.zip
bye
EOT
 
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ADSL-STOP(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      ADSL-STOP(8)

NAME
adsl-stop - Shell script to shut down a PPPoE link SYNOPSIS
adsl-stop [config_file] DESCRIPTION
adsl-stop is a shell script which stops the Roaring Penguin user-space PPPoE client. If you omit config_file, the default file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used. AUTHOR
adsl-stop was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>. The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/. SEE ALSO
pppoe(8), adsl-start(8), adsl-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), adsl-setup(8), adsl-status(8), pppoe-sniff(8), pppoe-relay(8), pppoe- server(8) 4th Berkeley Distribution 21 February 2000 ADSL-STOP(8)