SSH Command Line Password Support

Dag-Erling Smørgrav des at des.no
Wed Aug 27 19:09:49 EST 2008


GB <gusgl2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
> I have successfully implemented the password in the argument line for
> both ssh and scp.

Firstly, it's not a -portable issue.  The patch should go upstream (to
OpenBSD), if anywhere.

Secondly, I can tell you already that they will not accept it.  It's a
very, very bad idea.  Just use passphrase-less keys.

DES
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