Use Expect in a Bash script to provide a password to an SSH command

Question

I\'m trying to use Expect in a Bash script to provide the SSH password. Providing the password works, but I don\'t end up in the SSH session as I should. It goes back strait

Answer 1

The easiest way is to use sshpass. This is available in Ubuntu/Debian repositories and you don't have to deal with integrating expect with Bash.

An example:

sshpass -p ssh 
sshpass -ptest1324 ssh user@192.168.1.200 ls -l /tmp

The above command can be easily integrated with a Bash script.

Note: Please read the Security Considerations section in man sshpass for a full understanding of the security implications.