Sitecopy: using sftp with Sitecopy non-interactively

Publication date: 2020-03-05

Issue: Sitecopy cannot be operated without user interaction when using sftp

Sitecopy is a nice tool to mirror websites to remote web servers. I've been using it successfully for many years. However, once I had to switch a site to sftp protocol, Sitecopy asked for the sftp password despite the password being specified in the config file. This did not fit my needs so that a solution needed to be found.

Solution: Work around Sitecopy's deficiency

Expected behavior, actual behavior, and a workaround for the issue can be found on my main web site: Sitecopy tipp on Dirk's main web site