[H-GEN] A buggered up ssh client

[Raymond Smith]

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On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, The Revolution wrote:
> Even if i try to simply dump the help msg (ssh --help) It hangs and
> does absolutly nothing Have i compiled it without a certain option or
> something?

That does seem odd. Are you sure there were no errors or warnings when you
compiled it?

> Is there a way to ssh to a machine without using a password
> Or some way i can pass the password to it via a script
> Im writing a script to ssh to a machine and issue a few
> cmds I dont really want to use passwdless logins

If you have public-key authentication enabled then what you seek is
either an ssh-agent (which will require you to supply a passphrase)
or a passphraseless key. The latter approach should only be used
with restrictions on what commands are executed.

A book I found helpful was SSH, The Secure Shell by Barret & Silverman
published by O'Reilly and Associates.

Cheers,

Raymond
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