bad gnome-terminal or bad script?

[Stefan Held]

Am Sonntag, den 06.02.2005, 21:42 -0600 schrieb Marc Williams:
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2005 23:56:52 +0000, James Wilkinson wrote:
> 
> > Marc Williams wrote:
> >> I've just started exploring the Expect language and have quickly hit a
> >> little bit of a speed bump.  But I'm not sure it's Expect that's the
> >> problem.
> >> 
> >> In an FC3 gnome-terminal, I try to run the following script:
> >> ----------------------
> >> #!/usr/bin/expect --
> >> spawn ssh 192.168.0.9
> >> expect "word: "
> >> send "password\r"
> >> expect "]$ "
> >> interact
> > 

The Question is, why do you _NOT_ use ssh keys for authentication.
It's even more secure and there is no plaintext shell script with a
password hanging around in your filesystem.

man ssh-keygen should help you. 


> > Do I assume that you're trying to do stuff this way in order to experiment
> > with Expect?
> > 
> 
> That assumption is correct.  But everyone has to start somewhere and I am
> starting small with my home network and SSH/telnet.  The more complex
> scripting needs of the servers at my work, of which there are many, will
> come later when I've got a handle on Expect.  For now, If you've got any
> possibilities of solutions to this issue, please advise.  Thanks!
> 

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