<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.8.1"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Sun, 2006-18-06 at 16:02 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> ssh <A HREF="mailto:me@server.com">me@server.com</A> "mysqldump db_name -u me --password=secret | gzip -c" > sql-backup-2006-06-18.gz </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> This would work except that I still need to type the ssh password. Is it possible to specify the ssh password in the command line? Or do something else so I can run this on a script? </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> You can set up some public keys for SSH sign-in. Then you can automate making connections. <A HREF="http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20021226.html">http://www.hackinglinuxexposed.com/articles/20021226.html</A> That's what helped me set up an SSH bridge to get around the Great Firewall. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> -- Michael T. Richter Email: ttmrichter@gmail.com, mtr1966@hotpop.com MSN: ttmrichter@hotmail.com, mtr1966@hotmail.com; YIM: michael_richter_1966; AIM: YanJiahua1966; ICQ: 241960658; Jabber: mtr1966@jabber.cn "Then, of course, there is the feeling that something sexual must be something very happy, a marvelous experience. When this develops, I always see the negative side." --The Dalai Lama </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>