Re: sftp question

From: Bryn Smith (bryn_at_blast.com)
Date: 09/20/05

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To: Joseph Vaughn <vaughn@chemmail.chem.fsu.edu>

    Have you tried ssh-keygen without a passphrase? the switch
    ssh-keygen -t dsa
    gives you the option of having an empty passphrase, at least on FC3 and
    our home-grown version of Linux. I'm not sure about Solaris, but if
    you're using openSSH, it should be the same.
    -Bryn
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    On Sep 16, 2005, at 3:43 PM, Joseph Vaughn wrote:

    > Hello
    >
    > I hope someone can help me with the following problem.
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Background: We are using SUN hosts running Solaris9. For more than
    > 15 years we have had our users launch a Cshell script to create a tar
    > file. It also does ftp data transfer in the background for archiving
    > on remote Macintosh computers. The users just type the name of the
    > script on the command line and then he/she enters a file name. The
    > process uses .netrc which contains the remote password. Permissions
    > are set so that the users cannot read the contents of .netrc.
    > So, the user does not know the password on the archiving host. Of
    > course ftp has huge security problems. So, I am trying to create a
    > similar process using sftp. I have tried to do this using SUN's
    > Solaris9 ssh-keygen, ssh-agent, ssh-add, etc. I have tried
    > "passwordless" sftp setups I have found on websites. This description
    > is improper. They don't require your normal password, but they do
    > require a new "passphrase" (ie a new password).
    >
    >
    > My question: Help?! Can you tell me how to get Solaris9's version
    > of sftp/ssh to work in such a fashion as I described above. That is,
    > sftp launched with a Cshell script and have the password/passphrase
    > entered in the background perhaps by another shell script, which is
    > called by the first one.
    >
    >
    > Regards.
    >
    >
    > Joseph Vaughn
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    > NMR Facility Associate Director
    > Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
    > Florida State University
    > Tallahassee, FL 32306-4390
    >
    > 850-644-3334 Phone
    > 850-644-8281 Fax
    > vaughn@chem.fsu.edu

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