How Do I Pass a Scp Password in Linux?
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How do I pass a password using SSH in Linux?

Just hit Enter for the key and both passphrases: $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter file in which to save the key (/home/username/. ssh/id_rsa): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/username/.

How do you pass a script password?

[Linux](EN) Use or pass sudo password in shell script

  1. echo “PASSWORD” | sudo -S apt-get update.
  2. cat << EOF > password.txt > PASSWORD > EOF cat password.txt | sudo -S apt-get update.
  3. echo “PASSWORD” | sudo –stdin apt-get update.
  4. cat << EOF > password.txt > PASSWORD > EOF cat password.txt | sudo –stdin apt-get update.
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