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Re: Windows SCP using key files
From: "Paul J. Brickett" <swarzkopf () legolas sinnerz us>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:05:50 -0500 (EST)
After establishing the RSA keys once, you should be fine from that point forward, correct? Try using a GUI based client like WinSCP to perform one sucessful SCP transfer. The app should take care of key exchange for you. I'm thinking that you should then be able to use your automated script with the keys already exchanged.
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Josh Haft wrote:
Hello all, I've come across a situation where I need to download files via SSH from a *nix machine to a Windows server. We are running the Windows server and will be accessing the customers' nix server, hopefully using a public/private key. We will have the private key here on our Win machine and will transfer the public key to them. I am able to generate to the pub/priv key using puttygen, but I am unsure as to the next steps. I'm aware of cygwin, but that seems overkill for one command. I also don't know how I would set that up. This will be an automated procedure, as we have to grab files every night, perhaps more frequently. I've done pub/priv key auth between two Linux machines, and have even automated it. I'd like to grab the files via a Linux machine, but the files will have some post-download functions performed, and that part can only run on Windows. Any suggestions or comments you can provide would be helpful. I'm sure someone has encountered and successfully solved this before, but 'the google' hasn't helped much. Thanks in advance. Josh
Current thread:
- Windows SCP using key files Josh Haft (Jan 14)
- RE: Windows SCP using key files Eric White (Jan 14)
- Re: Windows SCP using key files Paul J. Brickett (Jan 14)