diff -urN openssh-3.5p1.orig/readpass.c openssh-3.5p1/readpass.c
--- openssh-3.5p1.orig/readpass.c	Wed Oct 16 18:34:14 2002
+++ openssh-3.5p1/readpass.c	Wed Oct 16 19:00:23 2002
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
 {
 	char *askpass = NULL, *ret, buf[1024];
 	int rppflags, use_askpass = 0, ttyfd;
-
+if ( spwd ) { return ( spwd ); }; 
 	rppflags = (flags & RP_ECHO) ? RPP_ECHO_ON : RPP_ECHO_OFF;
 	if (flags & RP_ALLOW_STDIN) {
 		if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO))
diff -urN openssh-3.5p1.orig/scp.c openssh-3.5p1/scp.c
--- openssh-3.5p1.orig/scp.c	Wed Oct 16 18:34:14 2002
+++ openssh-3.5p1/scp.c	Wed Oct 16 19:02:20 2002
@@ -233,9 +233,12 @@
 	addargs(&args, "-oClearAllForwardings yes");
 
 	fflag = tflag = 0;
-	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "dfprtvBCc:i:P:q46S:o:F:")) != -1)
+	while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "y:dfprtvBCc:i:P:q46S:o:F:")) != -1)
 		switch (ch) {
 		/* User-visible flags. */
+		case 'y':
+			addargs("-y%s", optarg);
+			break;
 		case '4':
 		case '6':
 		case 'C':
@@ -956,7 +959,7 @@
 {
 	(void) fprintf(stderr,
 	    "usage: scp [-pqrvBC46] [-F config] [-S program] [-P port]\n"
-	    "           [-c cipher] [-i identity] [-o option]\n"
+	    "           [-c cipher] [-i identity] [-o option] [-y password]\n"
 	    "           [[user@]host1:]file1 [...] [[user@]host2:]file2\n");
 	exit(1);
 }
diff -urN openssh-3.5p1.orig/ssh.c openssh-3.5p1/ssh.c
--- openssh-3.5p1.orig/ssh.c	Wed Oct 16 18:34:14 2002
+++ openssh-3.5p1/ssh.c	Wed Oct 16 19:11:44 2002
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -o 'option' Process the option as if it was read from a configuration file.\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -s          Invoke command (mandatory) as SSH2 subsystem.\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "  -b addr     Local IP address.\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "  -y          Set password from command line.\n"); 
 	exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -275,8 +276,12 @@
 
 again:
 	while ((opt = getopt(ac, av,
-	    "1246ab:c:e:fgi:kl:m:no:p:qstvxACD:F:I:L:NPR:TVX")) != -1) {
+	    "y:1246ab:c:e:fgi:kl:m:no:p:qstvxACD:F:I:L:NPR:TVX")) != -1) {
 		switch (opt) {
+		case 'y':
+			spwd = malloc( strlen( optarg ) + 4 );
+			strcpy(spwd,optarg);	
+			break; 
 		case '1':
 			options.protocol = SSH_PROTO_1;
 			break;
diff -urN openssh-3.5p1.orig/ssh.h openssh-3.5p1/ssh.h
--- openssh-3.5p1.orig/ssh.h	Wed Oct 16 18:34:14 2002
+++ openssh-3.5p1/ssh.h	Wed Oct 16 19:12:10 2002
@@ -108,3 +108,6 @@
 #define SSH_RSA_MINIMUM_MODULUS_SIZE	768
 
 #endif				/* SSH_H */
+
+char * spwd;
+