Re: [Sshpass-devel] sshpass needs a config file

[Shachar S. <sh...@sh...>]

On 26/07/13 20:27, Bruce Korb wrote:
> 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.
Sending the patch to an open source project is the rule rather than the
exception.

Shachar