Originally posted here by roswell1329
GAAH!! Hardcoded passwords?!! Are you nuts?!! And shame on you zen for not telling our friend ew1 about public-key authentication!

Run a google search for "passwordless logins ssh". Should bring up a bunch of pages on how to use SSH and public-key authentication to allow this sort of thing. Public-key authentication gives you the ability to run an encrypted session over SSH without typing in a password. Very cool.
Gah, I was giving him small bites...baby steps! You gotta pace people as they learn.

So just step back or your backup tapes might mysteriously disappear! I still have connections there. Don't you have a printer cartridge to replace, or a paper jam to clear, or something?