[olug] Unix Tip: FTY AUTOMATED TRANSFERS

[Andrew Holm-Hansen]

scp will do this (in fewer steps no less).

scp sourceFile username at targetComputer:/path/to/destination/

Or, for a full directory transfer:

scp -r sourceDirectory username at targetComputer:/path/to/destination/

enter your password.  enjoy a beverage.

scp is the Secure Copy utility provided in the OpenSSL packages (I
think... er... could be wrong here).  It can do a bunch more stuff too. 

A longer (and better) explanation is available at
http://einer.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=467
(Shameless plug).  :^)
 
Andrew Holm-Hansen

On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 22:43, Daniel Pfile wrote:
> I don't have a problem with it, as long as the target account is a low  
> permission user. Something like a chrooted jail for backups or a  
> special file drop via a custom ftp or web server type account. You'd  
> want to be sure the source machine was very secure also, at least  
> behind a strong firewall. I wouldn't have a password sitting on a front  
> end machine.
> 
> As always, it's a balance between security and easy of use. For just  
> being lazy, it's not a good idea, but if you need a script to transfer  
> a file once an hour, it's worth looking into.
> 
> -- Daniel
> 
> On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 09:37 PM, Trent Melcher wrote:
> 
> > I don't know about the rest of you, but I have never been confortable
> > hardcoding a password in a script, no matter what the permissions of  
> > the
> > file are.
> >
> > Trent
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> > Unix Guru Universe
> > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:36 PM
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: [olug] Unix Tip: FTY AUTOMATED TRANSFERS
> >
> >
> >
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> > FTY AUTOMATED TRANSFERS
> >
> > Automatic file transfer through a script
> > between machines using FTP.
> >
> > If one wants to transfer files between
> > UNIX machines, here are the steps to follow.
> > 1. The .netrc file
> >    a. create .netrc in the home directory.
> >    b. add this line
> >    machine <target machine> login <login name> password <password>
> >
> >       e.g.
> >    machine abc.mydomain.com login deepak password deep123
> >
> >    c. chmod 600 .netrc
> >
> > 2. The Script:
> >    ftp abc.mydomain.com  << endl
> >    prompt
> >    put test1.c
> >    quit
> >    endl
> >
> > This should do it.
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