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Transferring files via SFTP
Linux
Using TMSS10SFTP
Using sshpass and sftp
The Linux sftp command does not provide an argument to specify a password. If you do not want to configure keys for the transfer, you can install the sshpass program.
<sxh text;> [root@corp-01 ~]# yum install sshpass Last metadata expiration check: 0:04:14 ago on Fri 19 Apr 2019 04:22:49 PM MDT. Dependencies resolved.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing: sshpass x86_64 1.06-4.fc27 fedora 26 k
Transaction Summary
Install 1 Package
Total download size: 26 k Installed size: 38 k Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64.rpm 1.4 MB/s | 26 kB 00:00
Total 196 kB/s | 26 kB 00:00 Running transaction check Transaction check succeeded. Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded. Running transaction
Preparing : 1/1 Installing : sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64 1/1 Running scriptlet: sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : sshpass-1.06-4.fc27.x86_64 1/1
Installed:
sshpass.x86_64 1.06-4.fc27
Complete! </sxh>
Once sshpass is installed, you can call sshpass, pass the password and then pass the sftp command string as an argument.
<sxh text;> [root@corp-01 ~]# sshpass -p “password” sftp user@server.tapetrack.com «< “put drm.csv upload/drm.csv” Connected to server.tapetrack.com. sftp> put drm.csv upload/drm.csv </sxh>