I am trying to do the command:
/system upgrade upgrade-package-source add address=172.17.1.1 user=updateuser but I would like to put the password in place so I don’t have to manually type it between each CPE radio.
Is there an option outside of using a binary backup?
You can paste your script into a terminal and just do like
/ system upgrade upgrade-package-source add address=1.2.3.4 user=“username”
password
/next command
Not ideal, but works..
-Gerard
Still required to hit enter, though, correct?
That’s what that extra blank line before the /next command does.. it hits that enter for you..
-Gerard
you can even save all these commands in a txt file, rename to RSC and import them with the “/import” command. and THEN you can also use the fetch command to get these files from remote locations 
not so bad at all if you think of the possibilities
Normis,
Unfortunately you can’t specify the password for the “/system upgrade upgrade-package-source add” command from a script or on a single line in the console..
-Gerard
With that being the case, my solution is to copy/paste the commands but ending with
#after this command type the password Password1
/system upgrade upgrade-package-source add blah blah
Which will leave you with a Password: prompt.
Still not possible.
As mentioned by macsrwe here: Re: 6.30 released
Not super happy with having had to this manually on ~40 routers yesterday.
Test file: (test.rsc)
:log warning "Attempting import."
/system upgrade upgrade-package-source add address=192.168.1.1 user="admin"
blahblah
:log warning "Import successful!"
Command:
/import test.rsc
You can also see this if you try by making a script.
Code:
/system script
add name="Test" source=":log warning \"Attempting import.\"\r\n/system upgrade upgrade-package-source add address=192.168.1.1 user=\"admin\"\r\npassword\r\n\r\n:log warning \"Import successful!\"\r\n"
run "Test"
See also: http://forum.mikrotik.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=24555&p=535221#p535221
Found an interesting read on this subject.
It was said back in 2010 that you can set upgrade-package-source via the API.
Here: Re: upgrade-package-source
/system/upgrade/upgrade-package-source/add
I’ll have to test this when I have time.
EDIT 2021-11-23: Yeah I never got around to testing this.