There is a -B (batch mode) option that prevents asking for passwords. 
I'm not sure how that would work though. I expect that the target 
system's user account would need to have no password in that case, but 
I'm not sure of that.

rsync really isn't much different syntax wise from scp, and it allows 
for a --password-file option that's handy when using the command in scripts.

Josef Lowder wrote:
> And the scp file transfer worked.
> It did ask for a password, though.
> Not a big problem, but is there any way
> to avoid that requirement for an extra manual step?
> Perhaps put the password in the initial syntax somehow?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Josef Lowder <joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>> Thanks, Eric.  That solved the sshd issue.
>> So now, I will try scp again.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
>>> Trial and error. I'd start with making sure sshd is running on the
>>> target machine. Usually (depending on distro),
>>> # /etc/init.d/sshd status
>>> will tell if it's running or not. If it's not running,
>>> # /etc/init.d/sshd start
>>> should start it up, but only until the next reboot. The method of making
>>> it persistent depends on the distro.
>>>
>>> Josef Lowder wrote:
>>>> So how do I determine which is the problem
>>>> and how do I fix or get around that?
>>>>
>>>> On 10/23/08, Eric Shubert <ejs@shubes.net> wrote:
>>>>> Josef Lowder wrote:
>>>>>  > Well, I think I'm finally getting closer, now that I understand
>>>>>  > what the actual syntax should look like with real data in it.
>>>>>  > This is what I tried:
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  > $ scp /home/joe/mydata/track2 joe@192.168.1.66:/home/joe/mydata/track2
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  > That seemed to almost work ... except I got this reply:
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  > ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.66 port 22: Connection refused
>>>>>  > lost connection
>>>>>  >
>>>>>  > So why would that connection be refused, and how do I fix that?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Either a firewall is blocking port 22, or sshd isn't running on the
>>>>>  target machine?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  --
>>>>>  -Eric 'shubes'
>>>>>
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