How can I add password of user as alias in bashrc file?

Question

I have created alias for username and it works fine

alias yb="ssh name@hostname"

It works fine, but I also want to create alias for password, Can anyone help how can I do this?

password is too long and need to enter in multiple terminals.. — Ramesh Kumar, May 18 '17 at 15:45

Ravexina · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-18 08:54:10Z

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Before we start, it's not a good thing to do... you should use ssh keys instead!

You can use sshpass, it's a non-interactive ssh password authentication.

Install it using your package manager, for example in Debian based distributions:

sudo apt install sshpass

then in your bashrc:

alias yb="sshpass -p password_in_plain_text ssh name@hostname"

answered May 18 '17 at 8:54

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For Mac : Install "sshpass" using "brew install raw.githubusercontent.com/kadwanev/bigboybrew/master/Library/…" – Abhinav Ravi Apr 8 '19 at 8:29
Why it's not a good thing? – ankit Jul 1 '19 at 17:09
I'm user (A), there is a user (B) using the same machine. I can use cat /home/b/.bashrc to see what B got there. – Ravexina Jul 2 '19 at 7:47
this is not working on my mac. any idea – roottraveller Sep 10 '19 at 17:14
not working in Ubuntu – Andhi Irawan Oct 8 '19 at 11:09

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