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Documentation for -P and -pw

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\versionid $Id: pscp.but,v 1.2 2001/01/27 16:26:55 owen Exp $ \versionid $Id: pscp.but,v 1.3 2001/01/27 17:49:18 owen Exp $
\#FIXME: Need examples, index entries, links \#FIXME: Need examples, index entries, links
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\S2{pscp-usage-options-P}\c{-P port} connect to specified port \S2{pscp-usage-options-P}\c{-P port} connect to specified port
\# Defaults: Saved Session, or 22 If the \c{host} you specify is a saved session, PSCP uses any port
number specified in that saved session. If not, PSCP uses the port
specified for SSH in \e{Default Settings}, or the default SSH port,
22. \#{Is this actually true? Can you actually specify a different
default port for a protocol in Default Settings?}
\S2{pscp-usage-options-pw}\c{-pw passw} login with specified password \S2{pscp-usage-options-pw}\c{-pw passw} login with specified password
\# Default is to ask. (May not be appropriate when running PSCP from If a password is required to connect to the \c{host}, PSCP will
\# batch scripts etc.) interactively prompt you for it. However, this may not always be
\# But should be using RSA key authentication (qv.) and possibly appropriate. If you are running PSCP as part of some automated job,
\# Pageant (qv.) anyway. it will not be possible to enter a password by hand. The \c{-p}
option to PSCP lets you specify the password to use on the command
line.
Since specifying passwords in scripts is a bad idea for security
reasons, you might want instead to consider using public-key
authentication. PSCP will attempt to authenticate with any public key
specified in a saved session's configuration before asking for a
password.
\H{pscp-ixplorer} Secure iXplorer \H{pscp-ixplorer} Secure iXplorer