Here are my open source software contributions to the community.
sftppush
Use sftppush to send a file securely to an sftp server in a completely automated way.
Features
- Can be used with a password or preshared keys for complete automation
- Can use a custom port not the default port 22 if desired
- Can change to a directory after logging in before uploading the file
- Requires Linux and Perl
- Tested on CentOS 6.x, SL 6.x, RHEL 6.x
Use
sftppush -f /path/to/file sftppush -v -f /path/to/file sftppush -h
Use the -h option for the online help page of all the options available.
sftppush -h
sftppush usage:
sftppush [-hvV] -u user -p password -s server.com -f /path/to/file
Upload a file to an sftp server (ssh)
Where:
-f filename file to upload
-s ftp.server.com hostname of ftp server
-u userid login with userid to ftp server
-p password login with password not preshared keys
-o port sftp port, default 22
-a send in ascii mode, defaults to binary
-r remotedirectory change to this directory on ftp server
-v verbose mode
-V show version (currently 2.0)
If password is not specified then it requires preshared keys
ssh-keygen -t dsa
on remote machine:
cat identity.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Note: If password is specified on the command line and includes symbols,
surround it with single quotes.