Running ssh command in Python code doesn't require passphrase

Asked Jun 24 '17 at 14:11

Active Jun 24 '17 at 14:28

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I'm encountering weird behaviour. When the following python script runs in PyCharm editor (not via command line)

sshCommand = "ssh %s@%s -p %s %s" % user,ip,port,cmd
completedProc = subprocess.run(sshCommand,
                                   shell=True,
                                   stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                                   stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
                                   check=True,
                                   universal_newlines=True)

no prompt asking for passphrase for private ssh key is popped.

Though, when the same python script is run in command line:

python3 script.py

The prompt does appear. Does PyCharm store somewhere the passprase? Is it possible to achieve the same behaviour for running via command line?

Found answers to the second question:

How to avoid being asked passphrase each time I push to Bitbucket

How do I remove the passphrase for the SSH key without having to create a new key?

edited Jun 24 '17 at 14:28

asked Jun 24 '17 at 14:11

rok

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Have you given PyCharm more permissions than it needs? – cs95 Jun 24 '17 at 14:13
Is that command successful? I believe PyCharm will run it without terminal and therefore ssh will fail to ask for passphrase and fails. – Jakuje Jun 24 '17 at 14:23
the command is successful in both cases – rok Jun 24 '17 at 14:24
Add `-v` to the `ssh` command-line and show us the output. – Martin Prikryl Jun 25 '17 at 18:43

Running ssh command in Python code doesn't require passphrase

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