Hi, I've been playing around with Twisted's Conch client (which looks extremely well done, thanks!). I've been able to connect to a conch server and also connect to other ssh servers and execuate various commands. I'd like to be able to connect to an arbitrary SSH server and run /bin/bash. I'm able to execute a command like so: --------------------- class CommandChannel(channel.SSHChannel): .... def channelOpen(self, data): self.conn.sendRequest( self, 'exec', common.NS(self.command), wantReply=True).addCallback( self._gotResponse) --------------------- Looking through the SSH spec (connect protocol, rfc4254), it looks like shells are opened with this command. --------------------- byte SSH_MSG_CHANNEL_REQUEST uint32 recipient channel string "shell" boolean want reply --------------------- It doesn't look like Conch supports these requests (here's how CHANNEL_REQUESTs are currently sent out) --------------------- (Twisted-8.1.0) twisted/conch/ssh/connection.py (413): self.transport.sendPacket(MSG_CHANNEL_REQUEST, struct.pack('>L', self.channelsToRemoteChannel[channel]) + common.NS(requestType)+chr(wantReply) + data) --------------------- I may be misunderstanding how remote shells are started, so any help would be appreciated. Again, I'm trying to launch an interactive /bin/bash shell from a Conch SSH client on an arbitrary remote SSH server. Thanks for your time. Best Regards, Bill Zeller