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I am trying to SSH to my PfSense box using sshpass to specify the password file. If I just use a normal ssh root@ip cmd it connects just fine but if I specify a password or password file using sshpass (sshpass -p pass ssh root@ip) I get a hung cmd prompt. I have to then kill the process to return to a console. This started happening after I upgraded to PfSense 2.2. <br />
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I also tried adding -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no<wbr /> to the cmd as recommended in an article I found on the issue but that did not help.
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I am trying to SSH to my PfSense box using sshpass to specify the password file. If I just use a normal ssh root@ip cmd it connects just fine but if I specify a password or password file using sshpass (sshpass -p pass ssh root@ip) I get a hung cmd prompt. I have to then kill the process to return to a console. This started happening after I upgraded to PfSense 2.2. 


I also tried adding -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no to the cmd as recommended in an article I found on the issue but that did not help.

sshpass hangs when connecting to PfSense box

Telnet is an application layer protocol used on the Internet or local area networks to provide a bidirectional interactive text-oriented communication facility using a virtual terminal connection. SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and for unsecured remote shell protocols. The term telnet is also used to refer to the software that implements the client part of the protocol. SSH provides a secure channel over an unsecured network in a client-server architecture, connecting an SSH client application with an SSH server.