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Old 08-29-2006
Error Plink problem....only works if passwd is in the script
I have a one line bat script run off a XP machine that tar's and compresses some files from a Sol 8 box. It goes something like this (a bit simplified)....

plink -pw <passwd> user@host "tar -cvf - -C / tmp/a_file | compress " > a_file.tar.Z

So this works....and it's worked many times. But now I can't have the password in the script. So I've tried many variations of the command. But once I have the tar.Z on the XP machine, WinRAR complains about the archieve (corrupt or can't read it).

So far I've tried:

plink user@host .....
plink host.....
plink -l user host.......
plink host -l user.....

Any advice or tips would be appreciated Smilie

-Yinzer
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Old 08-29-2006
Can you run the bat file interactively and enter the password as a parameter, substitute the parameter in the script.?

You can also set up authentication keys on the remote unix host, if it is allowed. That suppotts the plink host -l username format without having to enter a password.
Last edited by jim mcnamara; 08-29-2006 at 02:10 PM..
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Old 08-29-2006
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Originally Posted by jim mcnamara
Can you run the bat file interactively and enter the password as a parameter, substitute the parameter in the script.?
I guess I should try huh Smilie I had to do that for some Unix scripts the other day. This may be a long and painful experiment hehe.....
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Old 08-29-2006
Question....

How do you read user input in Windows? Smilie


edit: Got it......used SET /p var=some text
Last edited by Yinzer955i; 08-29-2006 at 04:18 PM..
 
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