You can use expect man expect. You can also export ssh key of regular
user to do remote then su to root put everything on expect.
On 11/14/07, James A. Peltier <jpeltier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Completely off topic, but I'm sure someone out there is using scripts
> that require a sudo password of some sort, so I'll ask.
>
> What are people doing to automate tasks that required sudo passwords in
> order to run? sudo without a password is not an option for me, but I
> would like to be able to enter the password once have it saved and then
> read back when sudo is required.
>
> something like
>
> run_on_all_hosts perform_sudo_command
> script prompts for password
> script lauches on all hosts and passes password when required.
>
> Any examples?
>
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