Going MAD trying to get scp working on Solaris8 - Horah - Its res olved - Or Is it....

From: Wright, Gary (Gary.Wright_at_uk.experian.com)
Date: 06/19/03

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Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 16:01:46 +0100

    MANY MANY MANY MANY THANKS to everyone for replying to my email, scp is now
    working without entering a password or passphrase.
    It works by entering NO passphrase when creating the key files (on both
    servers) and by setting (PubkeyAuthentication yes) in sshd_config
    As soon as these changes were made and the SSHD daemons were re-started, all
    was fine :-)))

    My only remaining question is, isn't it VERY insecure to use NULL pass
    phrases, all SSH documentation warns against using null pass phrases.
    Is it not possible to copy file(s) via scp and using passphases ?

    Further investigation reveals that you can set a passphrase as recommended
    and then use the eval 'ssh-agent' and ssh-add commands to add the
    passphrase to the running agent. This looks great, BUT it appears that a
    user has to enter the passphrase every time the agent is called.
    I know I must be missing something as you must be able to add the
    pass-phrase once only, and then be able to use scp whenever from
    scripts/cronjobs etc.

    Can anyone please tell me how I now complete the final piece of the puzzle
    and add the passphrase ONCE enabling a user to use scp whenever
    (interactively,
    scripts, cronjobs etc).

    Thanks Again for your all your help.

    Regards,

    Gary.

    Gary Wright
    Oracle Technical Team Leader
    Host Strategy
    Experian Ltd

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