Just to reinforce what tybalt89 said, there are several Expect-related modules in perl. Among them are:

If I've left out someone's favorite, I apologize--I think I have used each of those in the past on various projects. I should note there are also several modules that play nicely with Expect, such as Net::OpenSSH and its variants.

I would suggest you take Corion's suggestion to heart and consider looking at (passwordless) SSH key access. Under OpenSSH keys can be locked down to allow only from a particular set of hosts and/or to allow execution of only certain commands you specify, both of which may prove useful in increasing the security of the system you are assembling.

Hope that helps.

In reply to Re: How to incorporate Expect in Perl Script? OR Pass the password via perl script? by atcroft
in thread How to incorporate Expect in Perl Script? OR Pass the password via perl script? by prad001

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