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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Input password to bash script, save, and enter when needed Post 302949400 by Corona688 on Friday 10th of July 2015 11:02:23 AM
Old 07-10-2015
I suggest using ssh keys. This will make it fully automatic and not require having the expect brute-forcing tool publicly installed on your system.
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FENCE_AGENT(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    FENCE_AGENT(8)

NAME
fence_ilo_mp - Fence agent for HP iLO MP DESCRIPTION
fence_ilo_mp accepts options on the command line as well as from stdin. Fenced sends parameters through stdin when it execs the agent. fence_ilo_mp can be run by itself with command line options. This is useful for testing and for turning outlets on or off from scripts. Vendor URL: http://www.hp.com PARAMETERS
-a, --ip=[ip] IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required. -l, --username=[name] Login Name This parameter is always required. -p, --password=[password] Login password or passphrase -x, --ssh SSH connection -c, --command-prompt=[prompt] Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['MP>', 'hpiLO->']) -u, --ipport=[port] TCP/UDP port to use (default 23, 22 if --ssh TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 23) -4, --inet4-only Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only -6, --inet6-only Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only -S, --password-script=[script] Script to retrieve password -k, --identity-file=[filename] Identity file for ssh --ssh-options=[options] SSH options to use -o, --action=[action] Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot) -v, --verbose Verbose mode -D, --debug-file=[debugfile] Write debug information to given file -V, --version Display version information and exit -h, --help Display help and exit --power-timeout=[seconds] Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20) --shell-timeout=[seconds] Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3) --login-timeout=[seconds] Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5) --power-wait=[seconds] Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 5) --delay=[seconds] Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0) --retry-on=[attempts] Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1) ACTIONS
on Power on machine. off Power off machine. reboot Reboot machine. status This returns the status of the plug/virtual machine. list List available plugs with aliases/virtual machines if there is support for more then one device. Returns N/A otherwise. monitor Check the health of fence device metadata Display the XML metadata describing this resource. STDIN PARAMETERS
ipaddr IP Address or Hostname This parameter is always required. login Login Name This parameter is always required. passwd Login password or passphrase secure SSH connection cmd_prompt Force Python regex for command prompt (Default Value: ['MP>', 'hpiLO->']) ipport TCP/UDP port to use for connection with device (Default Value: 23) inet4_only Forces agent to use IPv4 addresses only inet6_only Forces agent to use IPv6 addresses only passwd_script Script to retrieve password identity_file Identity file for ssh ssh_options SSH options to use action Fencing Action (Default Value: reboot) verbose Verbose mode debug Write debug information to given file version Display version information and exit help Display help and exit power_timeout Test X seconds for status change after ON/OFF (Default Value: 20) shell_timeout Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after issuing command (Default Value: 3) login_timeout Wait X seconds for cmd prompt after login (Default Value: 5) power_wait Wait X seconds after issuing ON/OFF (Default Value: 5) delay Wait X seconds before fencing is started (Default Value: 0) retry_on Count of attempts to retry power on (Default Value: 1) fence_ilo_mp (Fence Agent) 2009-10-20 FENCE_AGENT(8)
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