Passing a password into ssh

[Mike McGrath]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Brian D. McGrew
> Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 10:57 AM
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases
> Subject: Passing a password into ssh
> 
> Good morning all:
> 
> I want to use ssh in a script to do a night backup of some 
> machines via cron job.  It looks something like:
> 
> ssh -l root <server> 'dump 0cf - /filesystem' | gzip > filesystem.gz
> 
> Anyone know how I can pass the root password into ssh on the 
> command line?  
> 
> -brian
> 
> Brian D. McGrew { brian at visionpro.com || brian at doubledimension.com }
> --
> > Those of you who think you know it all,
>   really annoy those of us who do! 
> 

There is a way to do this, but I would strongly suggest using ssh keys

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8257

	-Mike