[paramiko] can we send encrypted password in connect()

[Mike Looijmans]

The nice thing with SSH (and paramiko) is that you don't need the password. Never. The private key 
file is all you need to communicate with other machines. The public key must be added to the 
authorized_keys file.


Mike Looijmans
Philips Natlab / Topic Automation


Manpreet Singh Khurana wrote:
> Hi,
>      i have been using paramiko for a while and just upgraded with latest 1.6.3.
> I have a installation script which takes username and password from
> the user and stores in clear text in the .cfg file. Now this username
> and clear text password in .cfg file is given as input to my python
> application which establishes connection to the server.
> 
> Now i want this password to be encrypted in .cfg file.
> 
> how can we do this thru paramiko.
> 
> Do we have api which takes clear text password and ssh public key as
> input and generate a encryted password. from it?
> 
> Can paramiko then can use this encryted password as one of the
> parameter in connect() api and do the authentication or is there
> anyother way to do this.
> 
> Can somebody suggest exact steps to do this.
> (I mean steps like if i have username and password then what all steps
> we need to ssh the server using encrypted pasword)
> 
> please advice.
> 
> Regards
> Manpreet
> 
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