On Tue, 8 Feb 2005, James Melin wrote: try netcat.
> Got a question about ssh.... > > rexec provides an ability to execute a command on a remote system and pass > the ID/Password on the command line. This prevents the session from > prompting for a password. > > e.g: rexec -l username -p password hostname command > > the problem with rexec , of course, is that it is unsecure. > > ssh also allows command line invocation of a command on a remote system. > This is good, in that it will do the authentication encrypted. What I do > not know is how to do it all nice and neat from a script without being > challenged for a password. > > What I am looking to do is to ssh to a specific linux, execute a command, > capture the output of that command, parse that output and set some > variables and write out a 'status page' html file. I do not know how to > handle being asked for a password in a shell script. > > I've seen some stuff about the identity file, but that really isn't making > sense to me either and certainly seems like overkill for what I'm doing. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > sleekfreak pirate broadcast http://sleekfreak.ath.cx:81/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
