Re: Run interactive commands with "Net::SSH::Expect"

Have you tried changing the pattern for matching the password prompt? Perhaps the following to allow any (or no) number of spaces:

'password:\s*'
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Have you tried increasing your timeout?

$ssh->waitfor('password:\s*',100) or die "Where is the password prompt
+??";
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You might also want to make each error message within your program unique, so that you know for sure where the error is occurring.

$ssh->waitfor('password:\s*',100) or die "Where is the FIRST password 
+prompt??";
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Re^2: Run interactive commands with "Net::SSH::Expect" by slayedbylucifer (Scribe) on Jan 10, 2011 at 17:45 UTC
I had tried that option, But I tried it one more time after reading your response.... I increased the time out period aslo I used "\s*" to match number of spaces. But no luck. Here is hte output: `# ./change_password.pl The login was successful Let's change the password of root on remote server now` [download] I am pretty sure that my script is ignoring the "send" statements and then apparently dying. Thanks for taking time to provide your feedback.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Run interactive commands with "Net::SSH::Expect" by slayedbylucifer (Scribe) on Jan 13, 2011 at 11:12 UTC
OK, I have made some progress. I ran the perl debugger and after the 2nd print statement, the debugger throws following error: `croak (ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT . " missing argument 'string'.") unless ($send +); croak (ILLEGAL_STATE_NO_SSH_CONNECTION);` [download] When I look into the "package Net::SSH::Expect", it is mentioned right on the top that: `use constant ILLEGAL_STATE_NO_SSH_CONNECTION => "IllegalState: you don +'t have a valid SSH connection to the server";` [download] So,..my assumption in my previous replies was correct, the script is ignoring the "send " statement because now I realize that by teh time the script reaches to execute the "send" statement, the ssh connection does not remain active. Could you please help me figure this out, I cannot reason why would my ssh connection get closed ??	[reply] [d/l] [select]