sftp batch mode and interactive passwords

[robertlaferla at comcast.net]

I need to transfer some directories and files using sftp using a batch file.  However, I have no control/access to the remote server.  I *CANNOT* use password-less authentication.  It is okay if the user has to enter their password but the actual commands for the transfer should come from the batch file.

I tried:

% sftp -b mybatchfile myuser at myhost

but instead of prompting me for a password, it gives me a:

debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,password,keyboard-interactive
debug1: No more authentication methods to try.
Permission denied (publickey,password,keyboard-interactive).
Connection closed

When I ran it using "-v", I did see a couple of warnings:

debug1: Miscellaneous failure
No credentials cache found

debug1: Miscellaneous failure
No credentials cache found

What can I do?  I cannot ssh into the remote server.  scp doesn't seem to work either.



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