SFTP with password (no SSH key authentication) (EN)

Last Updated on 1 May 2020 by Roberto De Pedrini Generally when using SFTP transfer it’s a good practice to set SSH key authentication but sometimes you need to send user and password (encrypted) and is not so easy as in FTP script. A “trusted” communication with SSH and SFTP can be configured on IBM i following the explanations that you find at the following links: IBM System Magazine “SFTP Tips” IBM Support “ Configuring the IBM i SSH, SFTP, and SCP Clients to Use Public-Key Authentication “ We may also be in a position where we cannot share public keys between client and server … in this case authentication is done by user and password as a normal FTP… if the process is interactive no pro …