Subj : Re: Automating file transfers using FTP (or similar)
To   : Oli
From : Avon
Date : Sun Feb 14 2021 09:11 am


On 13 Feb 2021 at 09:21a, Oli pondered and said...
 
 Ol> If you want to run the commands non-interactively (without entering the 
 Ol> password) you have to use authentication with a public/private key.
 Ol> genrate a ssh key on the local machine and put the public key to the
 Ol> server. Your webhosting provider should have instructions how to do
 Ol> this. Default is ~/.ssh/authorized_keys. See man ssh-keygen.

I generated a key locally, copied the public key and enabled it on my webhost
now am stuck trying to get things to work using scp or (as yet) untested sftp
etc..

It's so frustrating and demoralizing trying to get something that should be
simple to work :(

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