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  From: Steve Sloan <steve@lansol.com.au>
  To  : John Edwards <isplist@pinnacle.net.au>
        Linux-SA <LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 12:12:34 +0930

Re: Bash script

Thanks John,

That is exactly what I was looking for and autoexpect look like a great
little tool as well.

Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: John Edwards <isplist@pinnacle.net.au>
To: Steve Sloan <steve@lansol.com.au>; Linux-SA <LinuxSA@linuxsa.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, 1 April 2001 12:04
Subject: Re: Bash script


>
> >I have a need to write a small script that will log onto another server,
do
> >a small task and log off again.
> >I want to use SSH to logon which is no problem but is there a command to
> >stop the script and wait for a reply from the host and then enter the
> >passwd.
>
> You can use an 'expect' script to do what you suggest, where you need to
> wait for a certain output before providing input. 'autoexpect' will write
> the script for you.
>
> Although if it's to ssh to another server, you might want to do it with
> identity/key files instead, so that it doesn't prompt for a password and
> behaves more like rsh.
>
> John Edwards
>
>
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