Ignoring the python stuff for the moment.... In answer to Question 1., You want to use Public Key authentication...this will let you log in without a password. Google for SSH Public Key Authentication will give you several hits for the howto's
One pretty good one was http://www.puddingonline.com/~dave/publications/SSH-with-Keys-HOWTO/document/html-one-page/SSH-with-Keys-HOWTO.html If you have access to Linux Journal magazine, they just had a great article about it in the Sept issue. Good luck and have fun, Todd On Wednesday 10 August 2005 11:11 am, Bernard Lebel wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to make a script to send a SSH command from a Linux > computer to another Linux compter. > > The Python syntax I'm using... > > > import os > os.system( 'ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] "ls"' ) > > > Now the problem is that I'm always asked for the password. So my > question is two-fold: > > 1- Is there a way to not be asked for the root password? > 2- If not, then is it possible to feed the SSH password input with my > Python script? I have about stdin redirection, but I have to admit > that I'm a bit lost and I don't know if it applies to SSH input as > well. > > Right now I'm using the ls command to list processes, however > ultimately I want to be able to kill some processes within a loop > (this is for render farm management). > > > > Thanks > Bernard > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
