ssh

   1 ESCAPE CHARACTERS
   2      When a pseudo-terminal has been requested, ssh supports a number of func‐
   3      tions through the use of an escape character.
   4 
   5      A single tilde character can be sent as ~~ or by following the tilde by a
   6      character other than those described below.  The escape character must
   7      always follow a newline to be interpreted as special.  The escape charac‐
   8      ter can be changed in configuration files using the EscapeChar configura‐
   9      tion directive or on the command line by the -e option.
  10 
  11      The supported escapes (assuming the default ‘~’) are:
  12 
  13      ~.      Disconnect.
  14 
  15      ~^Z     Background ssh.
  16 
  17      ~#      List forwarded connections.
  18 
  19      ~&      Background ssh at logout when waiting for forwarded connection /
  20              X11 sessions to terminate.
  21 
  22      ~?      Display a list of escape characters.
  23 
  24      ~B      Send a BREAK to the remote system (only useful if the peer sup‐
  25              ports it).
  26 
  27      ~C      Open command line.  Currently this allows the addition of port
  28              forwardings using the -L, -R and -D options (see above).  It also
  29              allows the cancellation of existing port-forwardings with
  30              -KL[bind_address:]port for local, -KR[bind_address:]port for re‐
  31              mote and -KD[bind_address:]port for dynamic port-forwardings.
  32              !command allows the user to execute a local command if the
  33              PermitLocalCommand option is enabled in ssh_config(5).  Basic
  34              help is available, using the -h option.
  35 
  36      ~R      Request rekeying of the connection (only useful if the peer sup‐
  37              ports it).
  38 
  39      ~V      Decrease the verbosity (LogLevel) when errors are being written
  40              to stderr.
  41 
  42      ~v      Increase the verbosity (LogLevel) when errors are being written
  43              to stderr.

   1 aptitude install sshpass

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 # Generate a name for a pipe (-u|--dry-run)
   3 PIPE="$(mktemp -u)"
   4 # Create FIFO pipe
   5 mkfifo -m 600 "$PIPE"
   6 # Opened pipe for both reading and writing on file descriptor 3
   7 exec 3<>"$PIPE"
   8 # Delete the directory entry
   9 rm "$PIPE"
  10 UIDNAME="user"
  11 HOST="host"
  12 FILE="path/to/file"
  13 # Write your password to the pipe.
  14 # You may even use gpg at this point.
  15 echo 'my_secret_password' >&3
  16 # Read password with sshpass from file descriptor 3 and
  17 # connect via sftp
  18 sshpass -d3 sftp "$UIDNAME"@"$HOST":"$FILE"
  19 # Close the pipe when done
  20 exec 3>&-

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 # MAKE VARIABLE SSHPASS AVAILABLE
   3 # IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF ANY SUBSEQUENT COMMAND
   4 export SSHPASS="my_secret_password"
   5 # SSHPASS ENVIRONMENT VARIABLE MAY BE READ
   6 # FROM "/proc/$PID/environ"
   7 # BY THE INVOKING USER AND ROOT
   8 sshpass -e sftp user@host:path/to/file
   9 unset SSHPASS

   1 install -m 600 -o "$OWNER" path/to/password.file
   2 ### WRITE PASSWORD IN "password.file"
   3 

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2 export PWFILE="path/to/password.file"
   3 sshpass -f"PWFILE" sftp user@host:path/to/file
   4 unset PWFILE