[Sshpass-devel] sshpass needs a config file

[Bruce K. <bk...@us...>]

Hi,

This list seems pretty dead.  If still alive, I'd like to add a config file:
  ~/.ssh/sshpassrc
which would hold passwords in a layout similar to ~/.ssh/config
maybe like:

Host foobar
  Password    mumble

and the command line would be scanned for "[ \t@]XXX:" to detect
which host is being used.  As you know
   sshpass -p mumble
exposes the process information, but also:
  SSHPASS=mumble sshpass -e ...
winds up in a history file and the -d and -f techniques are cumbersome.
Such code might not be a 100% cover of all uses of sshpass, but for
the remaining cases, using the "traditional" methods would still work.

So let me know if you want the patch.

Cheers - Bruce