WinSCP.com: how to skip the password prompt in the script if key authentication fails

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I'm using WinSCP CLI to script a file transfer. I'm using the private/public key authentication only, the password is not set.

WinSCP.com /nointeractiveinput 
           /command "open sftp://USER@HOST/ -privatekey=PATH_TO_KEY ..." 
           ...

I am testing error situations now. One error situation is that key authentication can fail. In this case the password prompt is presented and the script blocks. Calling /nointeractiveinput ... doesn't help, since it will not skip the password prompt.

Question: What can I do to skip the password promt and let the script fail if key authentication doesn'?

Martin Prikryl · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-30 15:07:54Z

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The /nointeractiveinput switch should actually help in this scenario.

Make sure you are using the latest version of WinSCP.

answered Nov 30, 2016 at 15:07

Martin Prikryl

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ivicaa Over a year ago

Updating to the newest version helped. Now it works as expected. The older version (4.x) that I used didn't complain about the switch so I was assuming it was a valid one.

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