Hello everyone. I am trying to write a bash/ssh wrapper in python so python scripts could interact with bash/ssh.
Because when input passwords to ssh it requires a tty rather than stdin pipe, so i have to use a pty module to do that. I copied this snippet from this thread http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/6bbc3d36b4e6ff55/ def rcmd(user, rhost, pw, cmd): #Fork a child process, using a new pseudo-terminal as the child's controlling terminal. pid, fd = os.forkpty() # If Child; execute external process if pid == 0: os.execv("/bin/ssh", ["/bin/ssh", "-l", user, rhost] + cmd) x=open("it_worked.txt", "w") #output a file for test x.write("xxx") x.close() #if parent, read/write with child through file descriptor else: pause() #Get password prompt; ignore os.read(fd, 1000) pause() #write password os.write(fd, pw + "\n") pause() res = '' #read response from child process s = os.read(fd,1 ) while s: res += s s = os.read(fd, 1) return res As far as I can see the code is not working, when called the function rcmd() there is no file it_worked.txt spawned in the directory. I am n00b to POSIX, so anyone please give me some hint? what happened when os.forkpty()? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
