ssh with asymmetric key login

[blackpuma]

This is not a show stopper, but it's a little annoying.

Situation:

I have a web server that has password logins disabled. All logins are done using cryptographic keys on an alternate port. (Details at end under My Setup.)

Question:

I'm wondering if there is a way to get BeyondCompare to not ask for username and password when I use SFTP to connect to this site.

Example:

If I give BC the following:

sftp://foo.bar.com:12345

BC will ask me for a username and password. I have to then enter in the username, and I can put anything whatsoever in the password field.

If I do the following from the command line, no password is required.

$ sftp -oPort=12345 foo.bar.com
Connecting to foo.bar.com...
sftp> pwd
Remote working directory: /home/me
sftp>

My Setup:

BeyondCompare version: 3.1.11 (build 12238) for Linux
Host OS: Centos 5.5 with all updates

Remote sshd has the following in the ssh configuration file ( /etc/ssh/sshd_config )

Port 12345
PasswordAuthentication no
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes

[Zoë]

When BC asks for the password just leave the edit blank and select "Save Password". As long as you have your SSH key configured in BC or in ssh-agent (requires BC 3.2 beta), BC will try to log in using public key authentication before it tries with the blank password.

[blackpuma]

Sorry I wasn't too clear. Yes, it does work.

I was just wondering if there was a way to prevent BC from asking for the username and password every time.

For example if the profile has:

sftp://foo.bar.com/

[Chris]

Try including the username in the path:

sftp://[email protected]/

You'll be prompted for a password the first time, which you can leave blank and check the box to save the password. After that you shouldn't be prompted.

[blackpuma]

OK, simple enough. Thank you very much, Chris.