Re: How to pass in a password to the ssh command line client?

[David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com>]

On Wednesday 25 December 2002 17:38, Mariano Kamp wrote:
> Hi,
>
>   I am using eclipse (http://eclipse.org) to access a cvs repository by
> using ext:. The problem is that it asks for the ssh password on the
> command line. Anything I can do to pass it in automatically?
>
>   The short help of ssh looks like this:
>
> mkamp@hamlet:~$ ssh
> Usage: ssh [options] host [command]
> Options:
>   -l user     Log in using this user name.
>   -n          Redirect input from /dev/null.
>   -F config   Config file (default: ~/.ssh/config).
>   -A          Enable authentication agent forwarding.
>   -a          Disable authentication agent forwarding (default).
>   -X          Enable X11 connection forwarding.
>   -x          Disable X11 connection forwarding (default).
>   -i file     Identity for public key authentication (default:
> ~/.ssh/identity)
>   -t          Tty; allocate a tty even if command is given.
>   -T          Do not allocate a tty.
>   -v          Verbose; display verbose debugging messages.
>               Multiple -v increases verbosity.
>   -V          Display version number only.
>   -q          Quiet; don't display any warning messages.
>   -f          Fork into background after authentication.
>   -e char     Set escape character; ``none'' = disable (default: ~).
>   -c cipher   Select encryption algorithm
>   -m macs     Specify MAC algorithms for protocol version 2.
>   -p port     Connect to this port.  Server must be on the same port.
>   -L listen-port:host:port   Forward local port to remote address
>   -R listen-port:host:port   Forward remote port to local address
>               These cause ssh to listen for connections on a port, and
>               forward them to the other side by connecting to host:port.
>   -D port     Enable dynamic application-level port forwarding.
>   -C          Enable compression.
>   -N          Do not execute a shell or command.
>   -g          Allow remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports.
>   -1          Force protocol version 1.
>   -2          Force protocol version 2.
>   -4          Use IPv4 only.
>   -6          Use IPv6 only.
>   -o 'option' Process the option as if it was read from a configuration
> file.
>   -s          Invoke command (mandatory) as SSH2 subsystem.
>   -b addr     Local IP address.
>
>   I have also looked at the man page with not much of a success. I need
> something like a parameter -pw xyz to customize eclipse.
>
>   Any ideas?
>
> Cheers,
> Mariano

You can not do it directly, but if you use ssh-agent and ssh-add you can
add the ID file and open it with your password before you start eclipse.

If you are using KDE you may find that ssh-agent is already started, and
all you need is to call ssh-add.

David