Dearest monks, I have been trying for some time now to create a script, using Net::SSH::Expect, to send the contents of the local id_rsa.pub file to another host's authorized_keys file. I thinkg I have managed to exec the command on the remote host properly, but I do not know how to send the password (which I must do once), stored in a variable, when it is is requested. This is my current code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Net::SSH::Expect;
print "Device IP:   ";
my $deviceIP        = <STDIN>;
chomp $deviceIP;
my $user            = "gafaman";
print "User password:   ";
my $pass            = <STDIN>;
chomp $pass;
my $epass           = "beholder";
my $login_timeout   = 60;
use POSIX qw(strftime);
my $datestring = strftime "%F", localtime;

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Expect->new(
        host        => $deviceIP,
        user        => $user,
        password    => $pass,
        raw_pty     => 1,
        no_terminal => 0,
        log_stdout  => 1
                );

$ssh->login();
#When the line below is executed, it ends with a "Password: " prompt
$ssh->exec("cat \~\/\.ssh\/id_rsa.pub|ssh \'-o StrictHostKeyChecking=n
+o\' bkpuser\@10.11.12.13 \'cat \>\> \.ssh\/authorized_keys \&\& echo 
+\"KeyCopied\"\'",2);
$ssh->waitfor('Password:\s*', 5) or die "prompt 'Password' not found a
+fter 5 seconds";
$ssh->send("$epass");
$ssh->close();

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Could you please lend me some wisdom? Thanks! Gafaman

In reply to Send password in Net::SSH::Expect by gafaman

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