: Note that there is no password prompting if you complete part 3 successfully and , otherwise, the SSH server daemon on your VM will prompt you for a password. The output from the fab's ad-hoc mode is not much different from the SSH command with shell command attached at the end, however, please note that the additional information on the output from the fab command can be very useful for recording record keeping purpose - what has been done and whether the commands had been carried out successfully or not.