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SFTP inline put without interaction

I am trying to automate an application deployment as part of this I need to upload a file to a server. I have created a minimal user and configured chroot for the SFTP server but I can't work out how to upload a file non interactive.

At present I am doing scp myfile buildUser@myserver.com:newBuilds/

I tried sftp buildUser@myserver.com myfile (newBuilds is the chroot dir) but this didn't upload anything but it did connect.

The reason for favouring this aproach and NOT using scp is that its a lot more difficult to restrict scp access (from the information I have learned).

Solution

  • If you are using OpenSSH server, chrooting works for both SCP and SFTP.

    For instructions see:
    https://www.techrepublic.com/article/chroot-users-with-openssh-an-easier-way-to-confine-users-to-their-home-directories/

    So I believe your question is irrelevant.

    Anyway, sftp (assuming OpenSSH) is not really designed for command-line-only upload. You typically use -b switch to specify batch file with put command.

    sftp buildUser@myserver.com -b batchfile

    With batchfile containing:

    put /local/path /remote/path

    If you really need command-line-only upload, see:

    So basically, you can use various forms of input redirection like:

    sftp buildUser@myserver.com <<< 'put /local/path /remote/path'