A pure Python solution that works like expect ????

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.1021544522.1189.python-list at python.org>,
Lance Ellinghaus  <lellinghaus at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>The PySSH library does not work when you must specify the password.
>Must I break down and use Perl for this? The Perl modules work
>correctly for this.. I just did not want to have to write it all in
>Perl.
>
>This is running on Solaris 2.8.
>I cannot disable the password requirement due to the hardware I am
>using SSH to connect to, so please do not suggest that.
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Perhaps you're out of luck.

Perl is able to make lower-level interface calls than
Python.  It wouldn't surprise me if Python's unable to
manage passwords as you want without a C-coded exten-
sion.  I haven't done a complete analysis, though.

It doesn't make sense to me that hardware would pre-
clude you from using keys in place of passwords.  In
the absence of more details, I'll trust that.

If I wanted to get something going quickly, and the
situation is as you describe, I'd use Expect.pm or
Expect, rather than Python.
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