UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have to create an automated sftp job on an AIX box. The sftp command doesnt work. Do I need to install the openssh package in order to be able to invoke the sftp command?

openssh will provide you with the necessary programs. If you're looking to automate using ssh, you might want to use the scp command instead.

That, and you'll need to setup auth keys if you want the script to run without a password being entered.

Hi, so openssh was installed on our box.

Our originally script had this embedded in it:

ftp -v -n somesftpsite.com <<EOF
user username password
cd some dir
prompt
bin
mput *_files*
dir
bye
EOF


Now I understand it should look more like username@somesftpsite.com

So how can I make the above work using sftp, so it takes the password automatically? They are not trying to set up keys on their end.