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  2. From: those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net>
  3. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  4. Subject: Re: How do I pass a password in a kermit script
  5. Date: 04 Nov 2003 03:31:25 GMT
  6. Organization: earthfriends
  7. Message-ID: <m1fzh4bym2.gnus@usa.net>
  8. References: <f0bb0f39.0310300922.3c050ba8@posting.google.com> <slrnbq2iv8.oe.fdc@sesame.cc.columbia.edu> <m14qxn4nlk.gnus@usa.net> <bo5o0u$kqm$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu> <f0bb0f39.0311031218.7169c675@posting.google.com> <slrnbqdfj1.me9.fdc@sesame.cc.columbia.edu>
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  15.  
  16. in comp.protocols.kermit.misc i read:
  17.  
  18. >  ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/scripts/ckermit/autossh
  19. >
  20. >You'll have to experiment with it.  I don't recall the details but I'm
  21. >pretty sure I concluded it was impossible for Kermit to respond to the
  22. >ssh client's password prompt.  See the comments in the script.
  23.  
  24. it should be possible, provided that c-kermit runs ssh in a pty
  25. environment, as ssh just uses /dev/tty (often via getpass() or it's kin).
  26.  
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  28. a signature
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