Expect will definitely help but if you're more familiar with python, it comes with an expect-like module...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pexpect/ Giancarlo -----Original Message----- From: Michael W. Lucas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 9:31 PM To: Chester Enright Cc: Michael W. Lucas; [email protected] Subject: Re: password on command line, or other options? On Mon, Jan 30, 2006 at 11:12:21AM -0600, Chester Enright wrote: > Probably using an expect script would help with that. The problem still > arises that the password would still be stored in cleartext. Expect... wow, that's a blast from the past. Thanks for the suggestion. I know it's not ideal, but it's better than rsh. ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ "The cloak of anonymity protects me from the nuisance of caring." -Non Sequitur
