Hi monks

We need to write a script that will connect to a softswitch (telco), run commands retrieving output to files and sometimes using some of that output as parameters to more commands.

The softswitch runs on Windows NT server and uses F-Secure 3.2.0. The client box will be Solaris with Perl 5.8.8.

I can run ssh from the shell and connect OK. I can run the commands and see output on screen.

I have started to write a demo in Perl and I can login fine, using ssh->shell() I can see the post login welcome and the "shell" promp (oddchar + <). If I go interactive I can see my input on the screen but no response from server. If I send commands I get an error. 

#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Net::SSH::Perl;

my $ssh = Net::SSH::Perl->new("host",(protocol=>'2',port=>'52000',debu
+g=>'true'));
$ssh->login("user","pass");
$ssh->cmd("exit");

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Gives lots of debug info showing attempt to use key files etc all fail (OK) then using password. I get a login completed. 
prospero: Next method to try is password.
prospero: Trying password authentication.
prospero: Login completed, opening dummy shell channel.
prospero: channel 0: new [client-session]
prospero: Requesting channel_open for channel 0.
prospero: channel 0: open confirm rwindow 100000 rmax 16384
prospero: Got channel open confirmation, requesting shell.
prospero: Requesting service shell on channel 0.
prospero: channel 1: new [client-session]
prospero: Requesting channel_open for channel 1.
prospero: Entering interactive session.
prospero: Sending command: exit
prospero: Requesting service exec on channel 1.
prospero: channel 1: open confirm rwindow 100000 rmax 16384

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Then it waits. If I press ENTER 
Received disconnect message: Window overflow received channel data.
 at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Net/SSH/Perl/SSH2.pm line 284

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Ideas much appreciated.

I don't need a great deal of fancy stuff. The commands and output are pretty fixed, no real nasties like running passwd.

In reply to net::ssh::Perl connecting to f-secure ssh server by tweetiepooh

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