How to use expect in shell script?


 
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Old 04-10-2012
Bug How to use expect in shell script?

Dear friends,

Could you please help me in writing a sample code to connect the remote system (through ssh) using expect in shell script.

Thanks in advance.. :-)
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Old 04-10-2012
The proper way to use ssh automatically is with keys. Google "passwordless ssh" and you'll find dozens of tutorials all over the internet. "interactive password authentication" means "password typed by a human being in realtime authentication" and nothing else is supposed to do.

That's why it's such a hassle to do this, why you have to use a third-party brute-force hacking utility like expect to even try -- the program designers were helpful enough to design this -- and many other login systems -- in this manner to prevent you from easily making this mistake. It's a very, very bad idea to inject passwords on a regular basis. It's almost impossible to keep retrievably-stored passwords safe.

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