store passwords for SSH logins?

George Toft george at georgetoft.com
Wed May 9 05:32:14 MST 2007


I used expect in the past where I could not create keys on the server. 
Make sure you protect your expect script with 700 permissions.  Don't 
know expect?  autoexpect is your friend - it will create the script for you.

George Toft, CISSP, MSIS
623-203-1760




Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I frequently use ssh-agent to store passwords associated with SSH keys.
> 
> But does anyone know of a tool or way to store passwords for SSH logins 
> without a key?
> 
> I use a SSH server for frequent manual transactions and it is an 
> inconvenience for me to re-enter password every time. It is not an option 
> for me to setup an SSH key on the server (I don't control it).
> 
>   Jeremy C. Reed
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