Help with PuttyTools

I’m trying to automate updates to a server that only accepts SFTP. I don’t have access to the server’s configuration.

I can access it with psftp, but it prompts for a password.

I’ve tried using the -pw option and the -pwfile options on the psftp command, but the result is “connection refused”.
I’ve tried <user>:<password>@<host>, but that simply lists the psftp help.

All the online help seems to require additional tools, that don’t seem to be included in the RISC OS version.

Filezilla on Windows connects OK, so there does seem to be a way to pass in the password without prompting for it.

Is there any way to automate this process?

Using v0.77 worked OK here.

Create a file called e.g. batch containing,

put <your file>

Create a file called e.g. pwfile containing your password on one line.

Then run the psftp command,

psftp -b <path to your batch file> -pwfile <path to your password file> <userid>@<domainname>

That’s one of the many things I tried. The result is “connection refused”. It looks as though the server is rejecting any attempt to automate the password entry. BTW it also needs port 3784 to be specified.

[Edit]

I got it to work after reading what Sitematch did, and putting -P 3784 instead of appending it to the hostname. Appending worked elsewhere, but not, it seems, here.

I found a test site and I can access it with psftp through the command line:

   psftp -pw password demo@test.rebex.net

Appending worked elsewhere, but not, it seems, here.

Appending the port number only works once you are at the psftp prompt.

e.g create a batch file with these contents,

open <userid>@<hostname> <port number>
put <filename>

Then use the command,

psftp -b <path to batch file> -pwfile <path to password file>