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nixcraft · #4 (**permalink**) 17-05-2007, 01:52 AM

I’ve two solutions for you. Here is my shell script:
Solution # 1 Shell script
sshconnect.sh

Code:

#!/bin/bash
PROFILES=~/.ssh.profiles
aindex=1
hosts=( null )
# read array
function readHosts(){
 exec 3<&0
 exec 0<$PROFILES
 while read line
 do
    rline=$(echo $line | egrep -v "^#" | sed '/^$/d')
    if [ "$rline" != "" ]; then
        user=$(echo "$rline" |  awk -F'|' '{ print $1}')
        ip=$(echo "$rline" |  awk -F'|' '{ print $2}')
        port=$(echo "$rline" |  awk -F'|' '{ print $3}')
        [ "$port" == "" ] && port=22 || :
        hosts[$aindex]=$(echo "ssh -p$port $user@$ip")
        aindex=` expr $aindex + 1 `
    fi
 done
 exec 0<&3 
}
# display choice and connect to server
function displayHosts(){
  echo "------------------------------------"
  echo "Sr# : SSH Server Host Name"
  echo "------------------------------------"
  for (( i=1; i<$aindex; i++ ))
  do
        echo "#$i : ${hosts[$i]}"
  done
  read -p "Enter host number: " myHostNumber
  echo "Connecting to ${hosts[$myHostNumber]} ..."
  ${hosts[$myHostNumber]}
}

readHosts
displayHosts

Above is my script
~/.ssh.profiles file - stores SSH Username | IP and Optional port number:

Code:

#format USER|IP|Port
usr1|192.168.1.1|22
usr2|192.168.1.2
usr3|192.168.1.3
vivek|vpn.nixcraft.in|555

All you have to do is copy above two files and customize ~/.ssh.profiles file and run script as follows:

Code:

chmod +x sshconnect.sh

Run as

Code:

./sshconnect.sh

You will get

Code:

------------------------------------
Sr# : SSH Server Host Name
------------------------------------
#1 : ssh -p22 usr1@192.168.1.1
#2 : ssh -p22 usr2@192.168.1.2
#3 : ssh -p22 usr3@192.168.1.3
#4 : ssh -p555 vivek@vpn.nixcraft.in
Enter host number: 4
Connecting to ssh -p555 vivek@vpn.nixcraft.in ...

Solution # 2 GUI tools
If you want GUI tool i recommend gpass; see image below. You can just select host and connect it

It is upto you which solution you want to use. See Linux password manager that also works under Windows / OS X | nixCraft

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