> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx || brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx } > -- > > 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
