[olug] simple script

[Dave Weis]

I think everyone has moved to dsa keys. When you run ssh-keygen just add 
-t dsa to the end. You may also need to put the public key into 
authoized_keys2 instead of authorized_keys

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Jack wrote:

> Sean,
>
>    Thanks for the tip.  The scp command works just fine.  I'm still
> wrestling with Mandriva to convince it to accept RSA keys for the
> script.  It seems to have an ideosyncratic protocol for locating them.
> I'll keep working on it.
>
>    But scp did help.
>
>    Thanx,
>    Jack
>
> Subject:
> Re: [olug] Simple local network script
> From:
> Sean Kelly <smkelly at zombie.org>
> Date:
> Sat, 17 Jun 2006 20:58:34 -0500
>
> To:
> Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2006 at 08:23:08PM -0500, Jack wrote:
>
>>> Sorry to bother you guys (and gals?), but I could use a simple script
>>> for the following:
>>>
>>>     I am using sftp to move files from one computer to another in my
>>> home network.  I use MandrivaLinux 2006 on both machines.
>>>     I always enter in the same commands on the same machine.  The
>>> commands are:
>>>
>>> sftp 192.168.1.214
>>> (then I put in the password and when I am in the sftp shell I type:)
>>> put /home/jd/Sneakernet/* /home/jd/Sneakernet
>>> bye
>>
>>
>
> First off, you could be using `scp` instead of `sftp`. SCP is a
> non-interactive way to copy files with SSH. So, you'd change the above by
> doing:
>
> $ scp /home/jd/Sneakernet/* @192.168.1.214:/home/jd/Sneakernet
>
> As for eliminating the password, I'd suggest you look into building a new
> SSH key without a password. This article describes it:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8600
>
> So, as for a simple shell script... Something along the lines of:
> --SNIP--
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/bin/scp ~jd/Sneakernet/* @192.168.1.214:~jd/Sneakernet/
> --SNIP--
>
> -- Sean Kelly | PGP KeyID: D2E5E296 smkelly at zombie.org |
> http://www.zombie.org
>
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