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    Althought is not recommended and not a good practice this is exactly the answer to the question. Consider using keys as stated above. But if there's a major tech issue this is the solution asked Commented Mar 15, 2013 at 17:14
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    I only upvote the answer. Not "rational why don't you do it this way instead" answers. Just the answer. hence, I upvoted you :) Commented Mar 2, 2014 at 1:05
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    I don't completely hate sshpass, in fact I'm using it on a temporary basis. However using '-p' is unnecessary and undesirable. Set the variable SSHPASS first and then do sshpass -e ssh <ssh-args>. Commented Mar 23, 2015 at 19:59
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    @Brad If you have root on the box, you can install sshpass using yum --enablerepo=epel install sshpass. Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 10:40
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    This answer also works on Manjaro (Arch-based). Commented Jan 18, 2021 at 0:28