@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ def scp_to_remote(host, port, username, password, local_path, remote_path,
@return: True on success and False on failure.
"""
- command = ("scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -r -P %s %s %s@%s:%s" %
+ command = ("scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null "
+ "-o PreferredAuthentications=password -r -P %s %s %s@%s:%s" %
(port, local_path, username, host, remote_path))
return remote_scp(command, password, timeout)
@@ -571,7 +572,8 @@ def scp_from_remote(host, port, username, password, remote_path, local_path,
@return: True on success and False on failure.
"""
- command = ("scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -r -P %s %s@%s:%s %s" %
+ command = ("scp -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null "
+ "-o PreferredAuthentications=password -r -P %s %s@%s:%s %s" %
(port, username, host, remote_path, local_path))
return remote_scp(command, password, timeout)
@@ -589,7 +591,8 @@ def ssh(host, port, username, password, prompt, linesep="\n", timeout=10):
@return: kvm_spawn object on success and None on failure.
"""
- command = ("ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -p %s %s@%s" %
+ command = ("ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null "
+ "-o PreferredAuthentications=password -p %s %s@%s" %
(port, username, host))
return remote_login(command, password, prompt, linesep, timeout)