Re: Secure file transfer from unix to windows

From: UnixFan (gxy1997_at_yahoo.com.au)
Date: 10/23/03 

Date: 22 Oct 2003 23:20:41 -0700

markd@in-formation.co.uk (gdev399) wrote in message news:<a980a2dc.0310220845.1d257058@posting.google.com>...
> Hi
> I need to securely transfer files from a solaris development box to a
> windows fileserver. I've installed openssh as a server on the windows
> box, ssh2 is in use on solaris. I can get password authentication to
> play in that I can scp, sftp and ssh to the windows platform from
> unix. Unfortunately the whole purpose of this is to write an
> automated script to push files accross. So SFTP was looking great
> then I found that SFTP requires passwordless authentication for batch
> mode to work. Since then I have been living in SSH Hell and can't
> say I'm enjoying myself. I guess my question is:
>
> Is there anyone out there who has successfully got this to work and if
> so can they point me in the right direction for either documentation
> or other resource to get this enabled?
>
>
> TIA
>
> Mark

We are using a commercial SFTP automation tool called AutoSFTP in our
environment. There are other ways for SFTP automation, but if you need
good security, AutoSFTP is the best I could find today, and this is
the only SFTP automation solution that is allowed by our security and
audit department.
As you are working on a development machine, I would recommend you to
use public key authentication and set a null passphrase for the
private key.