How can I make an expect script prompt for a password?

Question

I have an expect script that connects to a few routers through ssh. All these routers have the same password (I know, it\'s wrong), and the script needs to know that passwo

Answer 1

Alternatively you could let ssh collect the password via X11 using the SSH_ASKPASS environment variable.

From the man page:

> SSH_ASKPASS
>     If ssh needs a passphrase, it will read the passphrase from the
>     current terminal if it was run from a terminal.  If ssh does not
>     have a terminal associated with it but DISPLAY and SSH_ASKPASS
>     are set, it will execute the program specified by SSH_ASKPASS
>     and open an X11 window to read the passphrase.  This is particularly
>     useful when calling ssh from a .xsession or related script.
>     (Note that on some machines it may be necessary to redirect the
>     input from /dev/null to make this work.)