[ale] SSh/telnet to the host from shell

[Transam@cavu.com]

> How to open the connection to the Unix box from shell script ( ksh ) using
> either ssh or telnet if I have IP, login name and password.

> Note:
> I don't have a root access and setting the trusted host relations is not
> an option for me.

An excellent solution is to use SSH with public key validation instead of
password validation.  The client side (the side that initiates the
connection) creates a SSH public and private key pair and sends the public
key to the server.  When the client then attempts a connection, the server
will first try to validate with the public key.  If it matches it does not
prompt for the normal login password.

This assumes that you did not put a password (called a passphrase) on the
key.

I (and many others) use this technique to grant some remote access to systems,
typically for running scripts.  I use this so that various systems can use my
system that has a tape drive or the one with one of the printers, etc.

> Thank You
>  Andy

Bob Toxen
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