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From: Richard Coleman <coleman@math.gatech.edu>
To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu
Subject: Re: Suggestions for auto-login script for ZSH?
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 16:01:39 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199611252101.QAA01879@redwood.skiles.gatech.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Nov 1996 09:08:33 -1000." <Pine.BSI.3.95.961125090142.8787A-100000@isis.interpac.net>

> I'm trying to write a script that would allow be to make telnet login (or
> ftp login) processes automated.  Here's what I tried:
> 
> #!/home/u1/mariah/bin/zsh
> telnet host.com
> echo 'loginname'
> echo 'password'
> 
> 1. ftp
> 2. login
> 3. password
> 4. get a particular file
> 5. exit :)

The problem is that the login process reads the tty directly,
when getting the password.  No amount of shell redirection can
get around this.

The best solution is to retrieve the program "expect" which is
a tcl extension.  It allow you to automate many things which are
generally interactive, such as rlogin/telnet, changing passwords,
ftping, etc...  It is easy to build

I would also recommend Don Libe's book "Exploring Expect" from
O'Reilly.  It is an excellent book.

Check out the expect home page at:

http://elib.cme.nist.gov:80/pub/expect/

rc


  parent reply	other threads:[~1996-11-25 21:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1996-11-25 19:08 Kosh
1996-11-25 19:47 ` Timothy Luoma
1996-11-25 20:20   ` Domenico Galli
1996-11-25 21:01 ` Richard Coleman [this message]
1996-11-25 21:52   ` Jose Unpingco
1996-11-25 21:57   ` Nate Johnston
1996-11-25 22:34     ` Greg Badros
1996-11-26  3:55       ` I. Dwayne Koonce

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