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ftp over ssl solaris

Experts,
My shell script in SunOS 5.8 ftp data from an external server. I didnt have an issue in it till now. Now that my organization policy does not allow ftp due to security reasons, i have to try ftping over a ssl handshake. Can some one help me what the prerequsits are to do it, and may be some guidance how this should actually be done. This is a daily batch process and I have to accomplish it in my scripts, hence shell script samples (or links to it) are welcome. Thanks in advance.

joules17

would secure copy (scp) be helpful
this is the syntax for it
scp <filename> username@servername:/var/tmp

let me know if that helps

omarfarid

you may use sftp. here you need to either set trust between the two accounts or use expect to feed user name and password. here links:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22919218/SFTP-from-unix-to-windows.html
http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/content/submitted/ssh_setting.html
http://unix.ittoolbox.com/groups/technical-functional/solaris-l/ssh-without-password-765537
http://waelchatila.com/2005/06/06/1118124232757.html
http://linuxproblem.org/art_9.html

http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/21466-automating-sftp-expect.html

kpisoft

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Thanks guys for your suggestions, but I will not be able to use SCP or SFTP because my boss insists on ssl. As far as I know this is because the server from which i get the file does not allow a SSH, they allow SSL.

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Maciej S

You may use lftp (http://lftp.yar.ru/), which supports ftp over SSL connections.