[PLUG] SSH Problem Someone who can help ?

["Shantanoo Mahajan (शंतनू महाजन)"]

On 25-Mar-09, at 11:27 PM, PenguinPuPPy wrote:

> Hello There,
>            I have a small problem here which I wish to describe as an
> example.Ok so here it is .I have a client and a server both UNIX  
> boxes.I
> wish to run sftp on the client as user A and authenticate as user B  
> on the
> server which is going to be accomplished using a  script.So user A  
> is the
> owner of the script and he authenticates to server as user B .Now the
> problem is when the authentication happens it asks for a manual  
> password
> entry which doesn't make sense .I have used ssh rsa keys ..but still  
> no
> solution as the authentication needs to be automatic.Any solution to  
> the
> problem is  welcome


Don't know whether sftp supports passwordless ssh. scp does. try  
following.

http://blogs.translucentcode.org/mick/archives/000230.html

HTH.
regards,
shantanoo

PS: 'passwordless ssh' string on google and then hitting "I'm feeling  
lucky".