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Q: 

SSH autologin __without__ using keys :(

I know it's insecure.

My school has a system that you can ssh into, but it runs a strange operating system (might be openVMS based, that's what the error messages indicate). They don't use keys, just a user/password, and then an internal application is started that actually authenticates the user. I got the u/p password from their website off of a config file, they don't care about security here.

I would like to just be able to type school_login as an alias and have it ssh fully in for me, skipping the type the password bit. Can I do this? If I add their public key, I will still be prompted for the password, right? Is there anyway I can get around it?

Thanks!

+1  A: 

You might be able to codge something up using expect.

 2009-09-20 00:41:44
http://bash.cyberciti.biz/security/expect-ssh-login-script/Thanks!
Hamy  2009-09-21 03:43:55
+1  A: 

sshpass does this.

ephemient  2009-09-24 18:13:48
Works excellent for it's purpose! Quick example - sshpass -p your_pass_here ssh user@host
Hamy  2009-09-27 18:32:35

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