telnet

[Billy Ng]

Thanks, Eddie!  It works.  But how can I check if it times out if I put the
second arg to the tn.expect() method?  What I notice is it just stops when
it times out.

Thanks!

Billy Ng

"Eddie Corns" <eddie at holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:aaohqk$p2p$1 at scotsman.ed.ac.uk...
> "Billy Ng" <kwokng at earthlink.net> writes:
>
> >Hi folks,
>
> >I am writing a python app that uses the Telnet object to connect to the
> >server.  Here is the code,
>
> >tn = telnetlib.Telnet(host)
> >tn.read_until("Please enter your id")
> >tn.write(userid+"\r\n")
>
> >From here, tn will return either "Please enter your password" or "Wrong
id,
> >please enter your id again".  My question is how can I get the returning
> >string before I do the next tn.write()
>
> >Thanks!
>
> >Billy Ng
>
> I think you need to use tn.expect here.  I've not tried it yet but I guess
it
> goes along the lines of:
>
> resp = tn.expect (["password","id again"])
> if resp[0] == 0:   # wants a password
>   tn.write (pass)
> else:              # oops
>   ...
>
> In reality you'd want to specify the strings a bit more carefully.
>
> Eddie
>