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Do you have to enter a password when using SSH?
Now while using the SSH and SCP command you would be prompted for the password before it lets you do anything with the remote Linux Server. If it is terminal you can actually enter/type the password yourself and proceed.
How to run ssh command on multiple machines?
After prompting for the password, it gives me following: It seems like it is not running the command on the remote, but on the local machine. You may give pssh (aka parallel ssh) a try, it runs command (s) on multiple machines and fetches the result / output in a local folder. I suggest you start using Expect.
How to use SSH as a login method?
I can use SSH as a login method and I can give a predefined username and password. Once we are in the device I need to log into expert mode and provide the predefined password. I prepared the following script:
Why did I remove password from ssh command?
EDIT: after thinking about it I removed the $password in the ssh command, because the server will try to execute that as the command. You are either required to setup ssh keys or combine this with an expect script to get the password in.
If you are not using SSH keys, you will be prompted a password, and will need to enter it manually. If you want to avoid entering a password, and have it inputted to login prompt automatically you can use expect command.
How to provide ssh password inside a script or oneliner?
Running a SSH command with provided password inside a one-liner, can be done using expect -c and then putting the commands inside single quotes. The -c flag prefaces a command to be executed before any in the script. The command should be quoted to prevent being broken up by the shell.
How to run a remote command over SSH?
Example of a script which runs a remote command over SSH, with password being provided inside a script. Running a SSH command with provided password inside a one-liner, can be done using expect -c and then putting the commands inside single quotes. The -c flag prefaces a command to be executed before any in the script.
What does F do to SSH password in Linux?
Using -f prevents the password from being visible if the ps command is executed. The file that the password is stored in should have secure permissions. After looking for an answer for the question for months, I finally found a better solution: writing a simple script.