[lug] Looking for best way to avoid scripting password

[John Hernandez]

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Chip Atkinson <chip at pupman.com> wrote:
> I probably didn't explain it well enough, but I *do* have things set up so
> that I can ssh over without requiring a password.  The requirement for the
> password is when I have to launch a separate sshd that allows root login.
>

To avoid that requirement, you might want to look at using this sshd option:

PermitRootLogin forced-commands-only

-John