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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting automated ssh with provision for passphrase Post 302280736 by farahzaiba on Tuesday 27th of January 2009 01:22:09 PM
Old 01-27-2009
automated ssh with provision for passphrase
Below is a part of my shell script. Currently I have shared the public key of the client with the host, therefore I will not be prompted for the password.

The key that has been created on the client is also without a passphrase. If it is created with a passphrase, the code I have will not suffice as the script waits for the passphrase to be entered.

Code:
ssh -l "$remoteuser" "$remotecomputer" "cd ${sourceDir} && cp -rf ${filename} ${destDir} && cd ${destDir} && /opt/oracle/ormerck/product/10.2.0.4/bin/unzip -o ${filename}"

Is there a mechanism where I still create the key with a passphrase and be able to even send the passphrase in my script (or not be prompted for the passphrase)?

Also, what are the risks associated with having a key created without the passphrase?

Any help would be appreciated!
 

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pktool

pktool(1)							   User Commands							 pktool(1)

NAME

       pktool - manage softtoken object storage

SYNOPSIS

       pktool setpin

DESCRIPTION

       The pktool command allows users to manage the softtoken object store.

       The setpin subcommand changes the passphrase used to authenticate a user to the softtoken object store. setpin prompts the user for the old
       passphrase, if any. If the old passphrase matches, pktool prompts for the new passphrase twice. If the two entries of  the  new	passphrase
       match, it will become the current passphrase for the token.

       Passphrases may be any string of characters with lengths between 1 and 256 with no nulls.

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Successful completion.

       >0	An error occurred.

FILES

       ${HOME}/.sunw/pkcs11_softtoken

	   The user's default token object store.

       ${SOFTTOKEN_DIR}/pkcs11_softtoken

	   The alternate token object store.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWcsu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       attributes(5), pkcs11_softtoken(5)

       RSA PKCS#11 v2.11 http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/pkcs/pkcs-11

SunOS 5.10							    1 Mar 2004								 pktool(1)
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