On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, James Hartley wrote:

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> The manpage for scp(1) mentions the -B option for running scp in batch
> mode, but no further details.  How can scp be run without prompting
> for a password?

It sets "Batchmode yes". So read the ssh_config manpage about "BatchMode".

You must still setup your authentication. But with "BatchMode yes", your 
client won't prompt for information.

  Jeremy C. Reed