From: "Berger, Daniel" <djberge@...>
Date: 2002-07-09T22:10:25+09:00
Subject: RE: Net::SSH ???

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Hurst [mailto:tom.hurst@clara.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 7:46 AM
> To: ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org
> Subject: Re: Net::SSH ???
> 
> 
> * Philip Mak (pmak@animeglobe.com) wrote:
> 
> > You'd also have to create a virtual terminal because most
> > implementations of SSH (e.g. both ssh.com and openssh.org) insist on
> > reading the password from a terminal.
> 
> This is exactly what command-restricted passwordless RSA/DSA keys are
> for.

Another alternative is 'expect'.  There's an implementation posted here:

http://www.rubygarden.org/ruby?RExpect

Regards,

Dan