Two things come to mind: First a passwordless key pair and second a key with a password in conjunction with the ssh-keyagent. You can find information about generating key pairs and their setup in the man page and ssh documentation. If you are looking for a programming solution I dont know enough to help. > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ali Jonathan Nabavi > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 1:31 PM > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: ssh in bash script > > > Hey, folks. > > Here's my bash script: > ********************************* > > #!/bin/bash > > mysqldump -hlocalhost -uusername -ppassword --add-drop-table dbname > table1 table2 table3 | ssh -2 username@xxxxxxxx mysql -hlocalhost > -uusername -ppasword dbname; > > echo "mysql -hlocalhost -uusername -ppassword -e\"use dbname; drop table > table1; alter table qs9000 rename qs9000_subscribers; create table > qs9000 select * from qs9000_subscribers; alter table qs9000 modify id > bigint not null auto_increment, add primary key (id), add index > (Country,State,ISONum,Version,Reginfo2); SELECT * FROM table1 ORDER > BY Add1 ASC\" qsu > '/usr/local/www/filename.txt'; zip -9D > '/usr/local/www/filename.zip' '/usr/local/www/filename.txt';" | ssh -2 > username@xxxxxxxx; > > ********************************* > It works just fine, however I am forced to enter my ssh password twice. > I am wondering if there is a way to do this without having to enter my > password multiple times. > > The things I've considered but don't have the know-how to implement > right now are piping commands differently or reusing the same SSH > channel, referring to it with SSH_AUTH_SOCK or something like that. > > Thanks a lot for reading. > > > -Ali > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
