[Tutor] python and network connections (ssh)

[Isaac Hall]

Hi pythoneers!

OK, say I want to have a python program/script ssh to another machine on 
an intranet, prompt for a password, after getting a successful password, 
it would then go and retrieve one file and then close the connection.

can this be done by just making the program run shell commands, or is 
there a smarter/sleeker way to do this?

Thanks,
Ike

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