>>>>> "Markus" == Markus Moeller <huaraz@moeller.plus.com> writes: Markus> Why can't you use a keytab and do a kinit -k. This is much Markus> safer (e.g. protects against someone reading the script Markus> don't know the users password). You may have missed the start of the thread. The script doesn't contain the password, the password comes from ssh-askpass. -- Brian May <bam@snoopy.apana.org.au>