How to pass password to scp?

Asked 2008-09-08T16:35:09.230

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I know it is not recommended, but is it at all possible to pass the user's password to scp?

I'd like to copy a file via scp as part of a batch job and the receiving server does, of course, need a password and, no, I cannot easily change that to key-based authentication.

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sshpass -p "password" scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path

or so the password does not show in the bash history

sshpass -f "/path/to/passwordfile" scp -r user@example.com:/some/remote/path /some/local/path

The above copies contents of path from the remote host to your local.

Install :

ubuntu/debian
apt install sshpass
centos/fedora
yum install sshpass
mac w/ macports
port install sshpass
mac w/ homebrew
brew install sshpass

answered 2012-12-19T15:17:15.563

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