Re^3: Trouble installing Net::SFTP

But is there any reason to not use pairs of public and private keys for authentication?

Hard coding ssh password in your scripts is usually a very bad idea. It just means throwing away several of the meassures ssh takes to trust your environment.

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Re^4: Trouble installing Net::SFTP by shilpam (Sexton) on Feb 23, 2006 at 11:31 UTC
Can you pl. give me an eg of how to use public/private keys for authentication?	[reply]
Re^5: Trouble installing Net::SFTP by salva (Canon) on Feb 23, 2006 at 12:08 UTC
you have to add your public key, usually `~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub`, to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` on the remote machine. Googling, I have found this page that explains all the required steps in detail. If you are using the commercial version of ssh, the process is different but it is explained on the FAQ	[reply] [d/l] [select]