From: Ivan Evtuhovich <evtuhovich@...>
Date: 2010-04-07T17:00:07+09:00
Subject: Re: pass a password to ssh

Hello,

Why don't you use Net::SSH

On Apr 7, 3:25 am, Joel VanderWerf <joelvanderw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Roger Pack wrote:
> > Anybody know how to pass a password to ssh?
>
> > with this:
>
> > require 'open3'
> > stdin, stdout, stderr, thread_on_doze = Open3.popen3 'ssh user@host'
>
> > ssh somehow appears to bypass and still require the password from the
> > terminal [?]
> > Thanks.
> > -rp
>
> Dunno. Maybe use pty?
>
> Have you ruled out key-based authentication?