Shell Programming and Scripting

hi guys!!

i am writing a script in the middle of which i do ssh to some machine,

for eg: ssh root@1.1.1.1

this prompt me for password.. since i know the password of the machine, is there anyway by which i can provide password to ssh command? so that i am not prompted for password.

As my scripts goes to the end user. i dont want user to enter any sort of info.

thanks in advance

If you search the site for "SSH automate password" you'll get a grand of results, all dealing with that problem, using either expect or public key authentication.

you can follow this link for passwd less ssh login

ssh-keygen: password-less SSH login

hi amitranjansahu,

thanks for the link. it was really usefull but when i generate key through "ssh-keygen" command it prompted me for "Enter file in which to save the key"
& "Enter passphrase "

now i was thinking to some how automate above two options, so end user dont have to type anything.. i mean user should only run my script, no further action user should take..

can you help me on this?

thanks

-----Post Update-----

hi pludi,

Sorry I am bothering you again; can we also automate scp command for the password less copying? As we did for ssh command.

As i found similar types of flags associated with both scp and ssh command, hence i was asking?

Thanks