Re: SSH timeout on password challenge.

2014-01-27 Thread ken
GAH. I googled for that to no avail. Should have just read the damn manpage. Thank you! Chris Linstid wrote: >Oops, forgot to reply to all. > > - Chris >On Jan 27, 2014 10:44 AM, "Chris Linstid" wrote: > >> If I'm understanding this correctly, it sounds like you just want the >ssh >> comma

Re: SSH timeout on password challenge.

2014-01-27 Thread Chris Linstid
Oops, forgot to reply to all. - Chris On Jan 27, 2014 10:44 AM, "Chris Linstid" wrote: > If I'm understanding this correctly, it sounds like you just want the ssh > command to fail if you're presented with a password challenge? If that's > the case, then you can just add "-o PasswordAuthen

Re: SSH timeout on password challenge.

2014-01-27 Thread David Rysdam
Ken D'Ambrosio writes: > establish, NOT for when a password challenge happens. My script is > using the timeout command: > > timeout 5 ssh -n $host 'blahblahblah' > > Any bright ideas on how to do this gracefully? How is this the first I've ever heard of 'timeout'? I would have resorted to 'exp

SSH timeout on password challenge.

2014-01-27 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Hey, all. I'm scripting stuff to a zillion (ballpark) servers, and ones that are up, but haven't been fully deployed (i.e., don't yet have ssh keys) password challenge me. While there *is* an ssh timeout option, it's my understanding that that's for when a connection fails to establish, NOT f