No, this won't do it. It asks for a password. It will simplify a lot the job of sshpass though.. :) Maybe it wasn't THAT bad to ask anyway! 8) Thanks! ET Charles Jones writes: > man ssh-copy-id :) > > -Charles > > kitepilot@kitepilot.com wrote: >> To have a program to "type" a password for me. How? >> Hello widespread wisdom... >> >> I want to propagate public keys to several dozens of puters so I can login >> passwordless. >> >> I am not looking forward to typing (or cut'n pasting) a password a gazillion >> times. They all have the same username/password combination. >> >> I know that expect can be used to "type" a password (or to fool passwd to >> change a password without manual intervention), but I don't know how. >> >> What I want is ti fire a loop to copy my keys to all the machines and to >> have the program to "type" the username and the password to free me up from >> the dull stuff. >> >> This *HAS* to be possible, does anybody know how? >> Thanks! :) >> ET >> >> PS: No, I haven't researched this, this question is the beginning of my >> research... >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss