[ILUG-D] 1D1C - sshpass

sshpass - noninteractive ssh password provider

To install sshpass $ sudo apt-get install sshpass

To pass ssh passwords from a file .secret to ssh login $ echo 'myPassword' > .ssh_secrets $ chmod 0400 .secrets $ sshpass -f ".ssh_secrets" ssh user@remote_server_ip

To pass ssh password direct to ssh login $ sshpass -p 'ssh_server_password' ssh username@remote_server_ip

To make backup of all databases without password $ sshpass -f ".db_secrets" mysqldump -u root -p --all-databases > all-databases_`date +"%Y-%B-%d_%R"`.sql

To make backup using rsync $ sshpass -f ".ssh_secrets" rsync -a backup/ user_name@remote_server_ip :/home/test/backup

regards, T.Dhanasekar