Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:13:46 +1200 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@freebsddiary.org> To: jameso@be.elwood.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: transferring files securely Message-ID: <200003260813.UAA35926@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200003260732.TAA35630@ducky.nz.freebsd.org> References: <200003260723.TAA35573@ducky.nz.freebsd.org>
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On 26 Mar 00, at 1:31, jameso@be.elwood.net wrote: > On 26 Mar, Dan Langille wrote: > > I want to securely transfer some files from one box to another on a > > regular basis. At present I have a cron job which tars up some files and > > FTPs them to another site. That's not secure enough for me. > > > > I've thought about using ssh, but I've not been able to initiate the transfer > > from a script. This sounds like the ideal solution. > > > Run ssh-keygen on the machine that has the files, then take the > ~/.ssh/identity.pub file it created and copy it into > ~/.ssh/authorized-keys on the remote machine. Then ssh will work with > out a password in that direction. After that just script scp to run > when ever you need. > > man ssh should tell you all you need to know. Geez, I'm impressed. Thanks. Got it working. I'll publish details later this week -- Dan Langille - DVL Software Limited [I'm looking for more work] http://www.dvl-software.com/ | http://www.unixathome.org/ http://www.racingsystem.com/ | http://www.freebsddiary.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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