emacs function to send password to minibuffer when asked for

Question

I usually connect to a machine through SSH and using ssh.el. I defined a command so I can do this quickly:

(defun ssh-me()
  (interactive)
  (ssh "myuser@myhost"))

After that, the mini-buffer asks me for the password and everything works fine. I am wondering if there is a way to set my password in my function so I don't have to write it every time I want to connect to that machine, so I would have something like:

(defun ssh-me()
  (interactive)
  (ssh "myuser@myhost")
  (send-password-to-minibuffer "mypasswd"))

Is that possible?

Answer 1

Here is an example using a small custom file that is not encrypted. In this example, the filename is .authinfo_iphone and it contains just one line -- I use it to connect to my jailbroken iphone via ssh:

machine localhost login root password alpine port ssh

Then, I use a small function to connect:

(defun lawlist-remote-iphone-data ()
(interactive)
  (let ((auth-sources '("/Users/HOME/.0.data/.0.emacs/.authinfo_iphone")))
    (find-file "/ssh:root@localhost#2222:/private/var/mobile/.0.data/")))

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You could also use an external utility such as sshpass and then write-up a function -- the command-line looks like:

/usr/bin/sshpass -p 'my-password' ssh [email protected]

And here is an example function that incorporates that command line to log-in to the iPhone over ssh. It contemplates there is already an open shell-mode buffer with the process named *shell*.

(defun shell-iphone ()
"From an existing shell buffer with a process named `*shell*`,
log-in to the iPhone using sshpass."
(interactive)
  (let* (
      (password "alpine")
      (port "2222")
      (username "root")
      (host "localhost")
      (sshpass "/Users/HOME/.0.data/.0.emacs/bin/sshpass")
      (ssh "/usr/bin/ssh")
      (dir "/private/var/mobile/.0.data"))
    (comint-send-string "*shell*"
      (mapconcat 'identity `(
        ,sshpass
        "-p"
        ,password
        ,ssh
        "-p"
        ,port
        "-l"
        ,username
        ,host
        "-t"
        "\"cd " ,dir " && bash --login\"") " "))
    (comint-send-input)))