SSH password as a command-line parameter?

[Daniel Carrera]

Hi Neil,

Neil Blakey-Milner wrote:
> In particular, if you do have a key that doesn't require a passphrase
> (because it is going to be used for an automated process), it may be
> best to limit that key to only performing a single command.  This can be
> done in the authorized_keys file.

Ok, I ended up going for this option. Thanks for the help. Now my backup 
command looks like this:

ssh odf-backup > sql-backup-`date --iso-8601`.gz

Where 'odf-backup' is an appropriately configured host in ~/.ssh/config

Thanks for the help.

Cheers,
Daniel.
-- 
http://opendocumentfellowship.org
   "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
   unreasonable man tries to adapt the world to himself.
   Therefore all progress depends on unreasonable men."
         -- George Bernard Shaw