[plug] copying file from one server to another

Leon Brooks leon at brooks.fdns.net
Fri Apr 18 17:30:29 WST 2003


On Wednesday 16 Apr 2003 22:18, Jon Miller wrote:
> Is there a way to automate a copy of a file from one server to
> another using scp where the password is included?  This needs to be
> an no interactive process as the copying is to take place nightly
> around midnight. Has anyone used the switch -B with scp which from my
> understanding does not require a password?

ssh-keygen -t dsa

Copy ~/.ssh/ida_dsa.pub from the calling user's login into 
~/.ssh/authorized_keys in the called user's login.

Cheers; Leon



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