hi, I'm trying to use Net::OpenSSH to su to another user account, issue a command and capture the output of that command in my perl script. I need to use sudo for the su command in order to get permission to switch users. The code I have right now is: 


#!/usr/bin/perl

use Net::OpenSSH;

my $host = "enfcdb01";
my $user = "loguser";
my $password = "cIhyv46iPL8092t";


##-- set up a new connection
my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new($host, user => "loguser");

  $ssh->error and die "Couldn't establish SSH connection: ". $ssh->err
+or;

  my @ls = $ssh->capture("ls");
  $ssh->error and
    die "remote ls command failed: " . $ssh->error;

print @ls;

  my @out = $ssh->capture({tty => 1, stdin_data => "$password\n"},
                          'sudo', '-Sk',
'-p', '',
                          '--',
                          'su - imail; ls');


print "the value of out is \n";
print "$out[0]";

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and the output I get is:

loguser@enflog01 check_apps$ ./check_mx_app.pl id_rsa.pub muxserver_accept_control: tcgetattr: Invalid argument tcgetattr: Invalid argument the value of out is

Anybody know what is wrong with my capture call? Thanks, Tim

In reply to Problem using Net::OpenSSH->capture to su to another user by tim.culhane

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