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relogin in bash script with submitting password

How can I login to another account in bash script with password?

I try such command:

su - test expect "password: " send "$pass"

But it doesn't work

Solution

  • Use something along the lines of 

    #!/usr/bin/expect

set USER test
set PASS password_of_test

spawn su - $USER
expect "*assword:"
send $PASS
send "\n"
interact

    NOTE

    I would strongly suggest that you do not store passwords in plaintext; a much better solution would be to use sudo to run commands as a different user.