fabric password

Question

Every time fabric runs, it asks for root password, can it be sent along same for automated proposes.

fab staging test

Answer 1

Just to add for anyone who winds up here from a search, you can specify the -I option when running fab for it to prompt you for a default password to use. This way it won't be visible in your command history

example:

$ fab -I my_task
Initial value for env.password: