I'm trying to write a script that logs in a user over SSH and than changes that user's password. The line of code I currently use for that looks like the following:
sshpass -p $password ssh $user@$ipadress "echo $user:$password_new | chpasswd"
It always throws several errors at me. Is my approach even correct?
I've already tried without the last part of the line, which looks like this:
sshpass -p $password ssh $user@$ipadress
But that also gives me the following error:
SSHPASS searching for password prompt using match "assword" SSHPASS read: SSHPASS read: $user@$ipadress's password: SSHPASS detected prompt. Sending password. SSHPASS read:
Permission denied, please try again. SSHPASS read: SSHPASS read: $user@$ipadress's password: SSHPASS detected prompt, again. Wrong password. Terminating.
What am I missing?
EDIT: I just realized that chpasswd is not installed on the remote machine, that partly explains the errors. So why is sshpass giving me errors then?
