How to ssh from within a bash script?

Question

I am trying to create an ssh connection and do some things on the remote server from within the script.

However the terminal prompts me for a password, then opens th

Answer 1

There's yet another way to do it using Shared Connections, ie: somebody initiates the connection, using a password, and every subsequent connection will multiplex over the same channel, negating the need for re-authentication. ( And its faster too )

# ~/.ssh/config 
ControlMaster auto
ControlPath ~/.ssh/pool/%r@%h

then you just have to log in, and as long as you are logged in, the bash script will be able to open ssh connections.

You can then stop your script from working when somebody has not already opened the channel by:

ssh ... -o KbdInteractiveAuthentication=no ....