Automate SSH Password Login in Scripts with Expect

automate-ssh-password-login-script-expect.md

1. Create ssh_wrapper.exp:

#!/usr/bin/expect -f

eval spawn [lrange $argv 1 end]
expect "*?assword:*"
send [lindex $argv 0]
send "\r"
interact

2. Run chmod +x ssh_wrapper.exp

3. Run command over SSH with wrapper script:

SSH:

./ssh_wrapper $SSH_PASSWORD ssh -t -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST $COMMAND

SCP:

./ssh_wrapper $SSH_PASSWORD scp -r $LOCAL_DIR/. $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:§REMOTE_DIR/

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