Same user/pass on multiple systems ssh

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#1

I am a novice linux user but not "new"

I have 3 Ubuntu 20.04 lts laptops, as well as a 20.04 lts desktop that I maintain at home on a private network from my lil old asus 1000p running ubuntu mate 20.04.

On each piece I have my own account with like username/password with sudo privledges on each requiring the same pass.

this gets redundant in console with ssh user@#.#.#.#, then enter myuserpass and then using sudo command and then also entering sudopass to continue on.

What I would like to do is write a small shell script for each system that I could call from say .sshshorthostname that would first open a new terminal tab and then connect to the specific host via ssh myuser@ipaddress, login with my current userpass and "automagically" achieve sudo.

I have read some different things about expect and sshpass and am unsure of which way I should proceed.

Any tips, ideas or suggestion would be greatly appreciative.

#2

Have you heard of ansible? you can install ansible on the main system, configure your hosts as laptopA, laptopB, laptopC, pass ssh credentials, and let ansible do updates/upgrades in just one swoop.

There is also an expect language (search linux expect) that allows you to automate ssh scripts.

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#3

Thank you, ansible seems to be what I was looking for short of writing scripts.