From owner-freebsd-security Tue Jun 11 16:37: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from webcorelabs.com (finishes.webcorelabs.com [209.115.232.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18FE037B400 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 16:36:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from quaker [209.115.232.130] by webcorelabs.com [209.115.232.151] with SMTP (MDaemon.v3.5.3.R) for ; Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:36:39 -0600 From: chad To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 17:36:13 -0600 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Reply-To: chad@webcorelabs.com Organization: www.webcorelabs.com In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <0807985ZV07LYT53MH87SPLGC7VRDA.3d06896d@quaker> Subject: Re: ssh questions MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Mailer: Opera 6.03 build 1107 X-MDRemoteIP: 209.115.232.130 X-Return-Path: chad@webcorelabs.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 6/11/2002 5:30:56 PM, "Jack Xiao" wrote: >Hi, > >I got ssh work without typing the username and password. But need further >step, use sftp without typing username and passowrd. I have thought if ssh >works fine, there's no problem with sftp. But I was still asked for the >password when using sftp. Any ideas will be appreciated. > >In addition, is it less secure for the ssh if there is no passphrase? > >Thanks. > >Jack I've used scp in scripts to copy files around. I've also used rsync wrapped in ssh. As far as sftp good luck. /Chad To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message