how to give password for ssh connection from shell script

[Mike Burger]

On Wed, May 3, 2006 6:52 am, Krishnaprasad wrote:
> Hi all
>
>           how can i give password for a ssh connection from shell
> script. I dont want to disable the ssh password through "ssh-keygen"
> and "authorized_keys" . i tried by echoing password from terminal as
> well as from script. But still it is prompting for the password.
>
> Is it possbile ...?

You might be able to use an expect script.

However, you might just be better off creating a key.  You don't have to
disable the password, in order to do that, it's just that if a valid key
is passed, the connection won't ask for a password.
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