How to delete zip file in sftp server

Question

Hi Gurus,
I am having one .zip file with data files inside on the sftp server. Can you please how to delete the .zip files in the sftp server. I am able to delete normal files by using 'rm' on sftp.
And one more request my sftp is prompting for the password everytime, then i need to enter the password manually. Can any one suggest how to write in shell script to accept that.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Nagendra

Answer 1

You might want to look into user equivalence and configure a certificate for ssh so it does not prompt for a password.
It will also allow you to use sftp without a prompt for a password.
On the server side:
Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config and remove the # from the following:
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys
Then restart the ssh server:
/etc/init.d/sshd restart
Login as the user for whom this is for:
su - <username>
mkdir .ssh
chmod 700 .ssh
On the client side:
Run the following command:
ssh-keygen -t rsa (omit password)
Then use the following to copy the public key from the client to the
corresponding login .ssh directory on the server side;
scp .ssh/id_rsa.pub username@remote_host:.ssh/authorized_keys