15 Feb
2024
15 Feb
'24
3:56 a.m.
On Wed, 2024-02-14 at 22:49 -0500, Alex wrote:
Also, I'm not new to Linux administration, but somewhat new to sshpass. Does it only work with ssh passwords or public keys as well?
You don't need sshpass if you have the private key matching the public key already stored on the server. Just use ssh.
This would be for use in a script - I'm assuming someone would use it as part of an automated backup script or when it's not possible to be at the keyboard to enter that passphrase.
AFAIK a stored private key works just fine with a script.
Remember "expect"? It sounds reminiscent of that from the 90s.
'expect' is still available in the standard repo, not that I'm advocating it instead of sshpass.
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