Tab complete SCP w/ password

Question

Is there any way to get tab completion to work in an SCP command if the target machine is behind a password? Working in Terminal on OSX.

Answer 1

yes, you have to work with ssh-keys instead of password-login. see

• http://superuser.com/questions/8077/how-do-i-set-up-ssh-so-i-dont-have-to-type-my-password

to learn about how to do this. then for example my zsh is able to complete the filenames on the remote host (othewise i would have to enter my password each time i press <tab>). for bash i assume you can install 'bash-completion' somehow, maybe 'this' posts help.