In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, jeff vier writes: >I need to check if I can log into a specific account on a system via >SSH, but due to the nature of the system (tunneled to a serial console), >I am unable to set up a key pair.
Replace your serial consoles with something like a Cyclades that allows use of public keys. >check_by_ssh is *close*, but provides no method of passing a password >via the command line (which, yes, is a ghetto method of doing things, >but you would still have to know the login to the system, and it *is >different*), and it requires a remote command to execute. > >So, before I delve into hacking this functionality into check_by_ssh, I don't think check_by_ssh is going to work since the ssh->serial connection will probably not permit execution of a script and the return of the exit code without a lot of work. Also it has no real interactive support and it should like you need that. >does anyone have a solution with existing tools? An expect wrapper around ssh should do the trick and it can negotiate the login prompt on the serial port as well. -- rouilj John Rouillard =========================================================================== My employers don't acknowledge my existence much less my opinions. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null