[Web4lib] Off-site backups and scripted SCP/SFTP

[Jeremy Dunck]

On 7/25/06, Keith D. Engwall <kengwall at catawba.edu> wrote:
> Which of these three methods (or other method if I am missing any) are people using when they use SSH?

All three.

Basically, there is no option 4 which avoids entering the password
while remaining secure.  Security is often a tradeoff with
convenience.  ssh-agent -is- the convenient security. :)

This is a nice writeup:
http://www.unixwiz.net/techtips/ssh-agent-forwarding.html