Trying to setup a job to dump some data (and clear logfiles) and push them to a remote server.

Running into two problems trying to either pull or push the data:

1) Trying to push from the MDS host using FTP the job hangs because it prompts for a password even though one is supplied.

2) Trying to pull data using SCP or SFTP doesn't work (I've tried numerous tools, platforms) against the MDS switch for some reason.

Anyone have any luck or specific process they use to automatically transfer files from their switch?