[AuckLUG] Automate SSH with a Script

[Martin Bähr]

On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 03:23:03PM +1200, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knows how I could automate SSH logins so that it
> would read the password somehow from stdin or a file. I need it to automate
> logging in and running scripts on a bunch of machines.

try using an SSH_ASKPASS script.
i found this page which seems to cover all that you need in your
situation:
http://www.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.security.ssh/2005-02/0087.html

greetings, martin.
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