Does SCP ask for password?

Does SCP ask for password?

The basic process for setting up password less SSH is to create a key on your own machine that you also transfer to the remote machine. When you use the SCP command, the remote machine checks that you have the authorized key and allows access without a password prompt.

How do I find my SCP password?

1. Make sure password authentication is enabled on the target server.
2. Add -o PreferredAuthentications=”password” to your scp command, e.g.: scp -o PreferredAuthentications=”password” /path/to/file user@server:/destination/directory.

How do I transfer data between two servers?

10.5. 7 Transfer Files between Two Remote Sites

1. Connect to your first server site.
2. From the Connection menu, click Connect to a second site. The server pane will display files and folders for both sites.
3. Use the drag-and-drop method to transfer files directly from one server to another.

Do you need a password to use SCP file transfer?

Just pass with sshpass -p “your password” at the beginning of your scp command You should use better authentication with open keys. In these case you need no password and no expect. If you want it with expect, use this script (see answer Automate scp file transfer using a shell script ):

How to respond to password prompt when using SCP in a…?

Afterwards if you type remote_scp in your terminal it should run the scp command without password. If you can mount the directory from a Windows machine (e.g. via AFS, NFS or SMB which my university’s Windows labs all did), you can use pscp with the -pw switch. Why not just use the “-r” option to copy it recursively? Or use rsync instead?

How to use Secure Copy with SSH key authentication?

Here’s how to use the secure copy command, in conjunction with ssh key authentication, for an even more secure means of copying files to your remote Linux servers. Anyone that administers Linux machines knows secure shell well. Without this tool it would be quite a challenge to remotely administer those servers.

How does the SSH and SCP command work?

SSHPASS command reads the password from a FILE or from STDIN and pass it on to the SSH and SCP command, and thereby preventing the SSH and SCP commands from prompting for a password See the example in real time.