Commands by djkadu (2)

  • Set window name when SSH'ing while using screen

    By adding this to your bashrc, when SSH'ing to a server while screen is active it will change the window tittle to the name of the server you going to. Show Sample Output


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    ssh() { [ $TERM == screen ] && (screen -X title "${1##*@}"; command ssh "$@"; screen -X title '';exit;) || command ssh "$@"; }
    djkadu · 2013-06-03 12:31:05 0
  • SSH Auto-login with password

    The above is OK if you not worried about security, as per sshpass man pages: " The -p option should be considered the least secure of all of sshpass's options. All system users can see the password in the command line with a simple "ps" command." So, instead what I do is use the -e option: " -e The password is taken from the environment variable "SSHPASS"." Show Sample Output


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    SSHPASS='your_password' sshpass -e ssh me@myhost.com
    djkadu · 2013-06-03 12:26:40 0

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