^[[01m[root@remotehost ~ ]^[[m # hostname remotehost ^[[01m[root@remotehost ~ ]^[[m # uptime 1:03pm up 9 day(s), 13:47, 3 users, load average: 5.83, 5.33, 5.13 ^[[01m[root@remotehost ~ ]^[[m # passwd amagana New Password: Re-enter new Password: passwd: password successfully changed for amagana ^[[01m[root@remotehost ~ ]^[[m # exit logout $ #### #!/usr/bin/perl -w use warnings; use strict; use Expect; #my $system = shift; my $filename = "/var/tmp/expect_script.log"; my $header = "\n\n======= system =======\n"; my $timeout = 60; my @servers = qw( remotehost ); for my $server (@servers) { # do your thing with $server change_password($server); } sub change_password { my $system = shift; $header =~ s/system/$system/; #my $filename = "/var/tmp/expect_script.log"; my $ssh = Expect->new('ssh amagana@' . $system); $ssh->log_file($filename); $ssh->debug(1); $ssh->expect ( $timeout, [ qr/Password:/], [ qr/Are you sure you want to continue connecting \(yes\/no\)?/] ); if ($ssh->match() =~ m/Are you sure you want to continue connecting \(yes\/no\)?/ ) { $ssh->send("yes\r"); } elsif ($ssh->match() =~ m/Password:/ ) { $ssh->send("mycurrentpassword\n"); } $ssh->expect(60, '$'); $ssh->send("su - root\n"); $ssh->expect(60, 'Password:'); $ssh->send("rootpassword\n"); $ssh->expect(60, '#'); $ssh->send("hostname\n"); $ssh->expect(60, '#'); $ssh->send("uptime\n"); $ssh->expect(60, '#'); $ssh->send("passwd amagana\n"); $ssh->expect(60, 'New Password:'); $ssh->send("newpassword\n"); $ssh->expect(60, 'Re-enter new Password:'); $ssh->send("newpassword\n"); $ssh->expect(60, '#'); $ssh->send("exit\n"); $ssh->expect(60, '$'); $ssh->send("exit\n"); $ssh->close(); }