Re: sFTP question

[Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It appears that the sFTP implementation has two modes:  interactive and 
batch.

Interactive mode allows for a userid and password to be passed 
interactively.

Batch mode requires the public/private key system.

Luckily my vendor (UPS) supports both and doesn't care which we use.

The sFTP implementation used on the PC apparently fools the sFTP system 
by allowing you to enter the password before connecting.  It then 
simulates interactive mode for authentication before doing the batch 
file transfer.

Jerry


Mike Cunningham wrote:
> I think Jerry is trying to do the same thing I wanted to do but could
> not get it to work either. I needed to do an sFTP file transfer in
> unattended mode in the middle of the night and the company who I was
> sending data to used only sFTP but only with userid and passwords, not
> public keys. I needed to send the userid and password to the remote
> server just like I do FTP from the iSeries, using a script file. I ended
> up getting WsFTP from Ipswitch which has an sFTP implementation that let
> me define the userid and password in the a script. The PC it runs on has
> a drive map to the IFS and at 2:00 am kicks off an SFTP logon to the
> remote server, sends a userid and password, copys a file from the remote
> server to the IFS and then copys a file from the IFS to the remote
> server and disconnects.
>
> > > > shalom@xxxxxxxxxx 11/16/2006 3:42:16 PM >>>
> Hey Jerry,
> Almost all ssh clients supports user/password only in attended jobs.
> If you try to create a client ssh session from iseries to a ssh server,
> and 
> if you do not provide a key, then you will be prompted for a password.
> The same happends when you connect to an iseries ssh server.
> So, what exactly did you try to do and failed?
>
> Shalom Carmel
> ----------------
> www.hackingiseries.com


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > message: 7
> > date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 09:12:02 -0800
> > from: Jerry Draper <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > subject: sFTP question
> >
> > I have installed the sFTP LIC provided by IBM:
> >
> > 5722SS1, option 33 - OS/400 - Portable App Solutions Environment
> > 5733SC1 option 1 - OpenSSH, OpenSSL, zlib
> >
> > I have reviewed posts from midrange-l and the redbook.
> >
> > Help me out here.
> >
> > It appears that this implementation of SSH does not support passing
> a
> > userid and password and only supports the public/private key
> exchange
> > system.
> >
> > Jerry