Is it possible to read an image in a remote server with ssh in a matlab code?
I mean, I want to do this, but Matlab is not allowing:
image_file=strcat('sftp://user#ssh_server/user/images/image_name.tif');
imread(image_file);
I can login in this ssh server without password.
Assuming that you are on linux/unix, you can use scp from matlab to fetch the file, e.g.
!scp username#localhost:/tmp/source/test.png /tmp/
% please note ! at the beginning.
This will prompt you for password offcourse. Thus, if you want, you can setup public-key authentication for passwordless scp command.
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I am very new in shell scripting , i want to download some files from linux remote server ,so how can i proceed for that.That remote server is ssh based .
first of all, ftp service is better choice to get files from remote server.
If only sshd service is available, then you may use ssh based command sftp or scp.
However, using sftp or scp commands will invoke an interactive password prompt, which is a problem in shell script --> You have to ask for help to expect command. see Automate scp file transfer using a shell script .
Besides expect, you may also set up trust relationship between two servers, then you may use scp without password. See http://www.linuxproblem.org/art_9.html
I'm wondering if I already have an established SSH tunnel and I want to minimize re-authenticating with an ssh server for each task, is there a way to use an existing tunnel to pull a file from the SSH server using SCP on the local machine without re-authenticating?
I'm trying to avoid using ssh keys, I'd just like to minimize the amount of times a password needs to be entered for a bash script.
ssh -t user#build_server "*creates a build file...*"
Once that command is completed there is a file that exists on build_server. So if the above tunnel was still open, is there way to use that tunnel from my LOCAL machine to run SCP to and bring the file to the local machines desktop?
Yes, session sharing is possible: man ssh_config and search for ControlMaster and/or check here and here. Is this what you are looking for?
I have to write a shell script which ssh to another server with other username without actually asking for a password from the user?
Due to constraints I cannot use key based authentication.
let,
Source Server -- abc.efg.com
Source UserName -- tom
Source Password -- tom123
Destination Server -- xyz.efc.com
Destination UserName -- bob
destination Password -- bob123
I have to place the bash script in source server.
Please let me know if something could be done using expect tool and/or sshpass.
It is okay for me to hardcode the password for destination server in the bash script but I cannot bear an interactive session, simply when I run he script, I want to see the destination server logged in with another username.
Thanks in Advance.
You want to use key-authentication http://ornellas.apanela.com/dokuwiki/pub:ssh_key_auth
Generate your keys ssh-keygen
Copy the keys to your new box ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub me#otherhost.com
ssh to other host without password ssh me#otherhost.com
You can use expect to wrap ssh, but it's pretty hectic, and fails easily when there are network errors, so test it well or use a script specifically designed for wrapping ssh passwords. Key based authentication is better.
You can prevent interactive sessions by redirecting standard input from the null device, ie.
ssh me#destination destination-command < /dev/null
About placing the script in the source server, if the script you are running is local, rather than remote, then you can pass the script on standard input, rather than the command line:
cat bashscript.sh | ssh me#destination
You can install the sshpass program, which lets you write a script like
#!/bin/bash
sshpass -p bob123 ssh UserName#xyz.efc.com
The answer is that you can't as OpenSSH actively prevent headless password-based authentication. Use key-based authentication.
You may be able to fork the OpenSSH client code and patch it, but I think that is a bit excessive.
Is there a way to save the password of a ssh-connection inside an uri-link. AFAIK a uri can look like this username:password#domain/path. But the following example doesn't work on ubuntu:
ssh user:pass#domain/path
I always receive a "please enter password"-question. I know that it is not a quite secure way to save the password in plain text inside a link, but I have to work with other developers and what should I say... they are ex-Windows user, they don't like terminals and therefore I want to write a tiny shell script. this script should clone a remote git repo and create some specific stuff.
One click and I should do some magic!
You should use a ssh-key generated with ssh-keygen (man ssh-keygen). This is also available on the windows platform within the putty environment.
eval $(ssh-agent)
ssh-add ssh./yourkeyfilewithoutpassphrase
ssh user#sshserver "your remote command"
Befor you can use your ssh-key in the remotehost, you must insert the public key to the authorized_keys file. A convenient way is the command
ssh-copy-id -i ssh./yourkeyfilewithoutpassphrase.pub user#sshserver
or, if the key is already loaded by the ssh-agent
ssh-copy-id user#sshserver
After this point, you dont need any password for ssh connection to established remote hosts. You should use per user a different ssh-key, so you are able to enable and disable keys without bothering the other users.
You can't login with input password using ssh.
Another alternate way is setup a pair of ssh-keys, and login using ssh-key.
I follow the guide here: http://www.softwareprojects.com/resources/programming/t-ssh-no-password-without-any-private-keys-its-magi-1880.html
I frequently need to ssh into a server, but I can't ssh into it directly while I'm connected to our VPN. Thus, I have to ssh into another server and ssh into it from there. Is there any way that I can write a script and/or shell function for this? I've tried this, buit it gave me an error:
% ssh jason#server2 'ssh jason#server1'
jason#server2's password:
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied, please try again.
Permission denied (publickey,gssapi-with-mic,password).
(and of course the username and server name have been changed)
It can't show you password prompt. I think all will work with public keys (and, for example, forwarded ssh-agent to eliminate need of entering key passphrases).
SSH connection stacking may help you. Assuming the following layout: Client -> Middleman -> Destination
On Client:
ssh user#Middleman -L 1337:Destination:22
This will allow you to directly SSH into Destination from Client in another session:
On Client:
ssh user#localhost -p 1337
The command runs as if you had typed ssh user#Destination. You can pipe stdin to it as if you were directly connected to it.
Sounds like you want to set up public key authentication between the middle machine and end machines.
Here are a couple of decent guides to get you started. Good luck.
http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dhsu/ssh_public_key_howto.html
http://pkeck.myweb.uga.edu/ssh/
From what I see, the problem is ssh on the middle machine cannot get the standard input. I guess it just want to ask for your password. If that is true, perhaps you should try to set up ssh key so that you can ssh without password. NOTE: If that success, you better create a new user on the middle machine to hold that key as a security measure.