> Mike Burger wrote: >> >> Alternately, Dan ought to, instead of an expect script, use a non-root >> user, key-based authentication (bypass the password), scp the conf file >> to >> the non-root user's homedir, and sudo to provide root level privs to >> move >> the conf file into place and restart NTP. >> > Or don't log in at all. Use scp to copy the file, and then ssh where > it is set to run a command when you connect. (Use the > comand="comand" format for the key.) One thing I am not sure of is > if you can use the same key for scp when using the command= option. Well, is part of the openssh suite, and does/will use the same key as the ssh executable. I use keys to scp and ssh to run commands all the time, without having to pass passwords along, in order to automate processes, all the time. -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines