Why not just use scp on the command line (for one file)? If you have sftp, you probably have scp installed... "man scp" should help.
we cant use scp command because we need to write a script not a command to get those files
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Originally Posted by jgt
Which machines have sftp servers, and which have sftp clients.
If you have the client software for the mainframe it will likely be easier to push the file the the unix system.
To run it from the unix side, once you have a connection is simply:
Is the source file ASCII or EBCDIC ?
What record separator(s) does the source file use?
Hi jgt thanks for you reply
this is a unix script that we are using to ndm the file form the mainframe server to the unix server.i have confirmed from the mainframe people if we can use sftp to get those files and they confirmed me that i can use sftp to get those files. but for that i need to write a script as i am totally new to unix i am not at all write the code
the code you mentioned were are you passing the username and password to the mainframe server can you please give me the full script ??
Hi all,
I want to sftp to a server called serverB. I want to do it via a running a script. The code i have written is that..
sftp -v x.x.x.x << EOF
user username password
cd dir1
bin
mget *
bye
EOF
But it is not at all working and even it is asking for... (2 Replies)
Hi,
I have 1. lappy
2. server A
3. server B
Now, what i need is to run a command from lappy that will sftp a file from server A to server B.
Please guide me to achieve this.
-akash (1 Reply)
HI all
I need a script that would take the file from a mainframe to another server.Presently i am using a ndm but i am not knowing what the changes would be required to change to sftp.
Can you please provide some code that would be helpful
Thanks (7 Replies)
Hi,
I have configured keygen-ssh settings on my remote server and from putty also now I log on from my machine through putty to remote server and it is pass wordless authentication , Now I have a small sftp script that transfer text files from one folder to another folder within that server... (4 Replies)
Hi,
After logging in to a server, Can I open a new sftp connection to the same server from the same server itself. Does it have any connection issues/limitations for ports etc. and can I copy/move files using the new sftp connection in the same server. Do we have any limitations of opening new... (1 Reply)
Hi Experts,
I am writing one shell script. Below is the requirement
1. need to login to the SFTP server, go to the particular folder
2. take the file count in that folder and assign it to variable
3. came out of the SFTP server and check the condition, if the file count is less than the... (1 Reply)
hi
i need to transfer some files from windows server to unix server using SFTP. but before transferring the files, i need to check the
existence of a particular file in the remote directory (say r_dir1). if the file is present, then SFTP all the files.
after SFTPing the files from the remote... (1 Reply)
Hi,
I am trying to automate the process of fetching files from remote server to local server through sftp. I have the username and password for the remote solaris server. But I need to give password manually everytime i run the script.
Can anyone help me in automating the script such that it... (3 Replies)
hi guys,
i need a script to sftp the file from windows to unix server ....(before that i have to check whether the file exists in the windows server or not
and again i have to reverse sftp the files from unix to windows server.....
regards,
Vasa Saikumar. (13 Replies)
Discussion started by: hemanthsaikumar
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LEARN ABOUT OPENDARWIN
sftp-server
sftp-server(1M) System Administration Commands sftp-server(1M)NAME
sftp-server - SFTP server subsystem
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server
DESCRIPTION
sftp-server implements the server side of the SSH File Transfer Protocol as defined in the IETF draft-ietf-secsh-filexfer.
sftp-server is a subsystem for sshd(1M) and must not be run directly. There are no options or config settings.
To enable the sftp-server subsystem for sshd add the following to /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/ssh/sftp-server
See sshd_config(4) for a description of the format and contents of that file.
There is no relationship between the protocol used by sftp-server and the FTP protocol (RFC 959) provided by in.ftpd.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
FILES
/usr/lib/sftp-server
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWsshdu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface Stability |Evolving |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO sftp(1), ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(1M), sshd_config(4), attributes(5)
To view license terms, attribution, and copyright for OpenSSH, the default path is /var/sadm/pkg/SUNWsshdr/install/copyright. If the
Solaris operating environment has been installed anywhere other than the default, modify the given path to access the file at the installed
location.
AUTHOR
Markus Friedl
SunOS 5.10 30 Jul 2003 sftp-server(1M)