Having issue running inspec exec with packer shell-local

[Pragnya2012]

I am using encountering an issue when running inspec exec on shell-local provisioner in Packer

Describe the problem

Inspec and packer is running on windows machine. targeting linux server using ssh.

when I am running the below command targeting linux build on packer shell-local. Inspec returns an error and prompting for password.
note: i have used & on my password hence i have used "" to escape the character.

provisioner "shell-local" {
inline = [
"inspec exec Profilename -t ssh://root@10.11.12.13 --password='123"&"456T$ --sudo-password='123"&"456T$' --reporter junit:test_xml.xml"

C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh/prompt.rb:45:in noecho': Bad file descriptor (Errno::EBADF) ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh/prompt.rb:45:in ask'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh/authentication/methods/password.rb:68:in ask_password' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh/authentication/methods/password.rb:21:in authenticate'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh/authentication/session.rb:86:in block in authenticate' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh/authentication/session.rb:72:in each'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh/authentication/session.rb:72:in authenticate' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/net-ssh-6.1.0/lib/net/ssh.rb:255:in start'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/transports/ssh_connection.rb:213:in establish_connection' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/transports/ssh_connection.rb:292:in session'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/transports/ssh_connection.rb:250:in run_command_via_connection' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/plugins/base_connection.rb:149:in run_command'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/helpers/os_windows.rb:9:in check_cmd' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/helpers/os_windows.rb:4:in detect_windows'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/specifications/os.rb:20:in block in load_windows' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/scanner.rb:44:in instance_eval'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/scanner.rb:44:in block in scan_children' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/scanner.rb:43:in each'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/scanner.rb:43:in scan_children' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/scanner.rb:31:in block in scan'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/scanner.rb:25:in each' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect/scanner.rb:25:in scan'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/platforms/detect.rb:7:in scan' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/plugins/base_connection.rb:123:in platform'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/extras/command_wrapper.rb:190:in load' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/transports/ssh_connection.rb:60:in initialize'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/transports/ssh.rb:259:in new' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/transports/ssh.rb:259:in create_new_connection'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/train-core-3.8.1/lib/train/transports/ssh.rb:85:in connection' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/inspec-core-4.46.13/lib/inspec/backend.rb:38:in create'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/inspec-core-4.46.13/lib/inspec/runner.rb:87:in configure_transport' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/inspec-core-4.46.13/lib/inspec/runner.rb:79:in initialize'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/inspec-core-4.46.13/lib/inspec/cli.rb:285:in new' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/inspec-core-4.46.13/lib/inspec/cli.rb:285:in exec'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.1.0/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in run' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.1.0/lib/thor/invocation.rb:127:in invoke_command'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.1.0/lib/thor.rb:392:in dispatch' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/thor-1.1.0/lib/thor/base.rb:485:in start'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/inspec-core-4.46.13/lib/inspec/base_cli.rb:35:in start' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/inspec-bin-4.46.13/bin/inspec:11:in <top (required)>'
==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/bin/inspec:285:in load' ==> vsphere-iso.orac_v79:   from C:/opscode/inspec/bin/inspec:285:in

'
vsphere-iso.orac_v79: @10.x.x.x's password:

I have also tried inputting the json config file as described in this thread #2413
The problem i am facing is sudo-passoword. is there a options to specify sudo-password hardcoded in the config file?

SSH-key is one of the options i am going to try but this may be happen to winrm connection as well when password has & character.

Possible Solution

[clintoncwolfe]

Please try SSH key instead; you should not be hard-coding passwords in files like that. At least pass in the passwords as environment variables or something, so they are not hardcoded in the source code.

[Pragnya2012]

Please try SSH key instead; you should not be hard-coding passwords in files like that. At least pass in the passwords as environment variables or something, so they are not hardcoded in the source code.

Thanks for your response @clintoncwolfe

I Planning to move ssh key.
could you please give some light on setting up environment variables ? is it on Windows OS Env?
I am running inspec on windows server and not using any other chef products .