How to SSH Without a Password (like a boss)

I am trying to securely pass a ssh password through the ssh-copy-id command in a way that doesn't pass the password in plain text over the local network.

Rather than type your password multiple times you can make use of pssh and its -A switch to prompt for it once, and then feed the password to ...

ssh-copy-id is used to enable logging in to remote ssh server via a ssh key. That is, you execute ssh-copy-id once, and then login normally using ssh.

The following script will copy your ssh key to a large number of hosts (listed in hosts.txt) very fast without having to put your password on the command line.

If you want to add your public key to authorized_keys on a remote machine, an answer may be ssh-copy-id (e.g. part of openssh-clients ).

I need to automate some identity deployments, ideally using ssh-copy-id . I'm trying to provide the password through stdin, which is possible on ...

Try doing ssh ufo@c199 and see if that prompts you for your password. If you continue to have issues, you'll need to run sshd in debug mode.

ssh-copy-id is a useful tool for SSH connections to a remote host without using a password. Basically, it copies the SSH key into the remote host's authorized_ ...

Script to automatically add our public key on a list of servers to remove the pain from typing each time our password when we want to access a server.

ssh-copy-id installs an SSH key on a server as an authorized key. Its purpose is to provide access without requiring a password for each login.