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i.g. ssh-keygen is the way to go<br />
If that is not possible then expect will be best.
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i.g. ssh-keygen is the way to go
If that is not possible then expect will be best.

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I was able to use the resources you gave to get a basic understanding ot Tcl and Expect and wrote a small script to accomplish what I needed in less than an hour! &nbsp;Thanks so much! &nbsp;:-)
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I was able to use the resources you gave to get a basic understanding ot Tcl and Expect and wrote a small script to accomplish what I needed in less than an hour!  Thanks so much!  :-)

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I'm writing a korn shell script that includes automatic secure copying of a file to several servers. &nbsp;If the current user is not configured for scp on the server, it will prompt for a password. &nbsp;I'd like to catch this prompt and end the scp call if the prompt occurs. &nbsp;Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I'm writing a korn shell script that includes automatic secure copying of a file to several servers.  If the current user is not configured for scp on the server, it will prompt for a password.  I'd like to catch this prompt and end the scp call if the prompt occurs.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

ksh secure copy (scp) - catch password prompt

Kernel and system programming is the process of creating the software necessary for a computer or device to function and operate other programs. Some operating systems (such as Microsoft Windows) are proprietary, but others, such as the various Linux distributions, are open source.

System Programming

Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 at Bell Labs. Today, it is a modern OS with many commercial flavors and licensees, including FreeBSD, Hewlett-Packard’s UX, IBM AIX and Apple Mac OS-X. Apart from its command-line interface, most UNIX variations support the standardized X Window System for GUIs, with the exception of the Mac OS, which uses a proprietary system.

Unix OS

The term 'shell' refers to a general class of text-based command interpreters most often associated with the UNIX and Linux operating systems. Popular shells include Bourne, Debian Almquist (dash), Korn (ksh), Bourne Again (bash) and the C shell family (csh). Some view the DOS 'cmd' prompt as a minimal shell of sorts. It is also possible to install Cygwin on Windows and emulate a full Unix environment with complete shell capabilities. Terminal emulators, such as xterm, GNOME Terminal and OS X Terminal, can be used to access shell.