in reply to Re: How do I send a password to a command I start with Perl's Expect.pm
in thread How do I send a password to a command I start with Perl's Expect.pm
False.
You don't want your root authentication to be dependent on some sort of remote authentication, nor do want it to be based on trust. The first you loose access to the system should your LDAP/Kerberos/Active Directory be down. The second because getting root on a trusted machine gives you root on all machines.
Since your root is not LDAP/etc. you will want a script to automate the root password change eventually.