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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting SFTP script still asking password Post 303003584 by jim mcnamara on Saturday 16th of September 2017 12:57:28 PM
Old 09-16-2017
You have to run the script as sysftp or whatever users have ssh-keys set correctly. Your script assumes one username it looks like to me.

Log on to the sysftp account and try the script. ( If your system has sudo you allow users by granting sudo access to run your script as sysftp. Nothing else, just that script. This usually is done on a group basis, but can be done for each user that needs the access. If this is the case, setup sudoers, then try using sudo to run the script instead of just logging on as sysftp)

In any case if you actually are a user with ssh-keys running the script:
If it asks for the password, you have not set up things correctly.

Common sources of error:
Check permissions on the local .ssh directory that should be in sysftp's login directory tree. Check permissions on the home directory of sysftp.

Here is a how to on setting up sftp (which means use the ssh protocol to login):
How To Setup SSH Keys on a Linux / Unix System – nixCraft
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 09-16-2017 at 02:03 PM..
 

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script

script(1)							   User Commands							 script(1)

NAME

       script - make record of a terminal session

SYNOPSIS

       script [-a] [filename]

DESCRIPTION

       The  script  utility  makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
       record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.

       The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
       when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.

OPTIONS

       The following option is supported:

       -a    Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.

NOTES

       script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |CSI			     |Enabled			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5)

WARNINGS

       script  can  pose  a  security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
       privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.

SunOS 5.11							    30 Jan 2004 							 script(1)
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