Sftp to download a file

You will get a code like above with all session and transfer settings filled in. I'm the author of WinSCP. Martin Prikryl Martin Prikryl k 46 46 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. I was having issues trying to figure this stuff out yesterday.

Then I found your post. This helped A LOT! I got my test working in just a few minutes and it all seems like it will work. That is a super nifty feature there, sir.

Sometimes all you need is a good example. If having the credentials in the script is not acceptable you'll have to use a credential file. If you need help with that I can update with some details or point you to some links. Change the paths, IPs, etc. That should give you a decent starting point.

Jon Dechiro Jon Dechiro 1, 10 10 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. I'm getting the following error: Permission denied publickey,password,keyboard-interactive. P i 26k 33 33 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. Is it working, by removing the password from the batchfile? Does the remaining functionality work well, by entering the password manually? Storing the password in plain text in a file is obviously not secure - if you don't want to type in a password every time I strongly suggest using RSA key authentication.

Which is really the only option if you're going to automate things. Just make sure the plain text file is only readable by the owner of the file just like what is required for ssh keys — Ferry Boender. I do not recommend the approaches below that put the password in. When in doubt, do it. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. You'll want to install the sshpass program. Thank you! This is the only comment that actually answers the question.

There are times it's simply not possible to get a keyfile. It really helpful suggestion shared above. I follow others suggestion also but it will not working as expected. But from above suggestion I tried and successfully automated my task. Thank you very much. Thanks for the comment Scott. I impleneted this on 1 machine and didn't think of that. Dear Sir: Thank you for this very useful article. Core FTP mini-sftp-server.

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