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Howtosendpasswordusingsftpbatchfile
I'mtryingtodownloadafilefromsftpsiteusingbatchscript.I'mgettingthefollowingerror:
Permissiondenied(publickey,password,keyboardinteractive).
Couldn'treadpacket:Connectionresetbypeer

Whenrunningthecommand:
sftpb/home/batchfile.sftp<user>@<serverip>:<folder>

the

batchfile.sftp

includesthesedata:

password
lcd[localfolder]
cd[sftpserverfolder]
get*
bye

Note:It'sworkingwhenrunningatthepromptas
sftp<user>@<serverip>:<folder>

ButIneedtheabilitytoenterthepasswordautomatically.
batchfile passwords sftp

editedJul16at16:17

askedJul31'12at10:33

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1 Isitworking,byremovingthepasswordfromthebatchfile?Doestheremainingfunctionalityworkwell,by
enteringthepasswordmanually?mtk Aug1'12at8:03
Storingthepasswordinplaintextinafileisobviouslynotsecureifyoudon'twanttotypeinapassword
everytimeIstronglysuggestusingRSAkeyauthentication.lindheNov1'14at0:15

4Answers

You'llwanttoinstallthesshpassprogram.Then:
sshpasspYOUR_PASSWORDsftpoBatchMode=nobYOUR_COMMAND_FILE_PATHUSER@HOST

Obviously,it'sbettertosetuppublickeyauthentication.Onlyusethisifthat'simpossibletodo,
forwhateverreason.
answeredFeb1'14at4:56
JoeVanDyk
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Thankyou!Thisistheonlycommentthatactuallyanswersthequestion.Therearetimesit'ssimplynot
possibletogetakeyfile.jbrownApr29at14:40

Ifyouaregeneratingaheapofcommandstoberun,thencallthatscriptfromaterminal,youcan
trythefollowing.
sftplogin@host</path/to/command/list

Youwillthenbeaskedtoenteryourpassword(aspernormal)howeverallthecommandsinthe
scriptrunafterthat.
Thisisclearlynotacompletelyautomatedoptionthatcanbeusedina

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answeredFeb6'14at0:47
Tigger
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Iadviseyoutorunsftpwithvoption.Itbecomesmucheasiertofathomwhatishappening.
Themanualclearlystates:
Thefinalusageformatallowsforautomatedsessionsusingtheboption.Insuchcases,itis
necessarytoconfigurenoninteractiveauthenticationtoobviatetheneedtoenterapassword
atconnectiontime(seesshd(8)andsshkeygen(1)fordetails).
Inotherwordsyouhavetoestablishapublickeyauthentication.Thenyou'llbeabletorunabatch
script.
P.S.Itiswrongtoputyourpasswordinyourbatchfile.
editedJul21'13at1:04

answeredJul21'13at0:58
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Youmentionbatchfiles,amIcorrectthenassumingthatyou'retalkingaboutaWindowssystem?
Ifsoyoucannotusesshpass,andyouwillhavetoswitchtoadifferentoption.
Twoofsuchoptions,thatfollowdiametricallyoppositephilosophiesare:
psftp:commandlinetoolthatyoucancallfromwithinyourbatchscriptspsftpispartofthe
PuTTYpackageandyoucanfindithere
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html
Syncplify.meFTPScript:ascriptableFTP/SandSFTPclientforWindowsthatallowsyouto
storeyourpasswordinencrypted"profilefiles"checkitouthere
http://www.syncplify.me/products/ftpscript/
Eitherway,switchingfrompasswordtoPKIauthenticationisstronglyrecommended.
editedMay18at16:55

answeredOct12'14at16:12
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