When I tried googling your exact question, the first hit (https://serverfault.com/a/512220 https://serverfault.com/a/512220) was a SE post where the highest vot

When I tried googling your exact question, the first hit (https://serverfault.com/a/512220 https://serverfault.com/a/512220) was a SE post where the highest voted (though not accepted) answer was doing exactly that with `sshpass` Tbqh, without you explicitly stating that you're aware of key pairs and concluded that storing plaintext passwords is the best solution for you, I would excuse anyone who thought that you maybe just hadn't done the research.