Re^3: Perl Script to enable Cisco

Since it sounds like you'll need to your script to interactively respond to the remote device, I think that you need to use something like Expect.

I personally have never used expect, so I can't offer up more details on how to use expect. Based on my limited knowledge of expect, I believe that it can be used to issue a command, what for a specific response, and then issue another command based on the response received.

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Re^4: Perl Script to enable Cisco by Null_Route0 (Initiate) on Jul 23, 2012 at 18:17 UTC
Ok I'll give it a try, Im pretty stumped right now. There is actually a module out there that does what I am trying to do called Net::Telnet::Cisco It supports an enable feature specific for Cisco $session->enable("enable_password") This would do the trick but the problem is our Ciscos are running SSH not Telnet so I am using Net::SSH::Perl which does not have the same enable option as N::T::C Is anyone aware of a way I could modify the NTC module to use SSH instead of telent?	[reply]

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Re^4: Perl Script to enable Cisco
by Null_Route0 (Initiate) on Jul 23, 2012 at 18:17 UTC

There is actually a module out there that does what I am trying to do called Net::Telnet::Cisco

It supports an enable feature specific for Cisco $session->enable("enable_password")

Is anyone aware of a way I could modify the NTC module to use SSH instead of telent?

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