sshpass command : Non-interactive Password Authentication with SSH

Posted by nextstep4it on Aug 27, 2013 4:32 PM EDT
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sshpass supplies password to ssh prompt using a dedicated tty , fooling ssh to believe that a interactive user is supplying password.

Linux system Admins normally login to the linux servers either supplying a password, or using keybased authentication. sshpass is a tool which allows us to automatically supply password to the command prompt so that automated scripts can be run as desired by users. sshpass supplies password to ssh prompt using a dedicated tty , fooling ssh to believe that a interactive user is supplying password.

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