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Re: any way to provide the ssh password from a file ?
You could use expect for this. But why would you want to?

Chris

>
> From: "J. Bakshi" <bakshi12@gmail.com>
> To: OpenSSH User List <secureshell@securityfocus.com>
> Date: 12/10/2009 12:13 PM
> Subject: [Suspected Spam]any way to provide the ssh password from a file
?
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> Hello list,
>
> Is there any way to provide the ssh password from a file ? There is
> password less login option with the help of public/private key
> combination. But I like to have the password less login by providing
> the key from a file. Is it possible ? My version of ssh is
> "OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-8 OpenSSL 0.9.8k 25 Mar 2009"
> Please let me know.