Fajar Priyanto wrote:
Hi all, I'm trying to scp some files from machine1 to machine2. But, I'm in an environment where PubKeyAuthentication is not allowed in ssh :( So, I'm confused how to automate it as cronjob. However, I read somewhere that we can write a little bash script that will utilize 'expect' to answer for the ssh password prompt? Can we do this? Any examples are great help. Thank you.
I would concur with everyone else who says you really should be using public keys for this sort of thing. But, another option, if you're really forced to use it, is to set the SSH_ASKPASS environment variable to a program that spits out the password, and then ssh will use that for the password instead of prompting the user for it. (See 'ssh' man page)...
Definitely not recommended, for all the reasons stated in replies to this thread...
-Greg