Disable scp password prompt

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I have a user ID set up on a server that doesn't require a password. I'd like to be able to use scp to transfer a file from it. My problem is scp keeps asking for my password even though there isn't one; I can telnet to the server and log on without the password. Is there any option (-o) I can specify to disable the password prompt? Using keys is not an option.

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I'm no expert, but I'm guessing you might have to set PermitEmptyPasswords to Yes in /etc/ssh/sshd_config as per the instructions here.