Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 09:18:50 -0800 From: Danny Howard <dannyman@toldme.com> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: shell stdin redirection: possible for ssh-password input? Message-ID: <424447FA.3020706@toldme.com> In-Reply-To: <20050325034016.1961.qmail@web54009.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050325034016.1961.qmail@web54009.mail.yahoo.com>
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Rob wrote: >I take for granted that my password will be there >in clear text! Are there other options? > > Rob, Check out expect. There's even a Perl module for it. Expect is the bad old way we used to handle such problems. It is this funky sub-language designed for completing interactive sessions in an automated way. Also, please post from a legitimate e-mail address, in case someone were sufficiently good-natured to hit "Reply" instead of "Reply All." Good luck. -danny
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