On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 01:41:46PM +0000, tony.chamberlain@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Any way to pass a password (on command line) in SSH? > Sure you can use the ssh-keygen and set up public and > private keys and all that. Problem is, in batch mode > something can go wrong. You might not have the entry > in the hosts file, or something. And then your batch program > will freeze waiting for a password or human response to type > "yes". It would be good to do like ssh -l login -p password blah blah > blah, > but I can't figure out how. > A second question (acutally alternative). Any other way to do this: > ssh -l login host cmd > That is, execute a command on a remote host, other than ssh? > Might be an alternative. > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Try expect for this. With expect you are able to catch events of your session and acting accordingly. I use expect to change passwords remotely. Cheers, ku -- https://www.xing.com/hp/HansDieter_Kutz/ http://www.hdkutz.de Luke Skywalker: If I don't make it back, you're the only hope for the Alliance. Princess Leia: Luke, don't talk that way. You have a power I don't understand and could never have. Luke Skywalker: You're wrong, Leia. You have that power too. In time you'll learn to use it as I have. The Force runs strong in my family. My father has it. I have it. And... my sister has it. Yes. It's you, Leia. Princess Leia: I know. Somehow, I've always known. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
