connect to a remote system

[Anand_30]

Hi,

I am writing a script which needs connecting to a remote system. I want the username and the password to be supplied in the command line. I cannot use rlogin because i do not have permissions for .rhosts in both the servers. Is there any other way in which this can be achieved.

Thanks,
Andy

[Steven E. Protter · Accepted solution]

Good. Don't use rlogin.


Secureshell will do the job. An admin will have to install it for you.
http://software.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=T1471AA

ssh replaces rlogin/telnet
sftp replaces ftp
scp replaces rcp

You can even exchange public keys between servers and do it without password.

See attached document.

SEP

[Paddy_1]

Use a expect script.It needs Tcl to be in place. Then use something like

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#!/usr/bin/expect

set args [llength $argv]
set system [lindex $argv 0]
set login [lindex $argv 1]
set password [lindex $argv 2]

expect "login"
send "$login\r"
expect "password"
send "$password\r"
interact
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The start using it like

logon aurora myaccount mypasswd

Hope this helps

[Dave La Mar]

Andy -
Investigate remesh as well.

Best regards,

dl

[Alzhy]

Anand,
SecureShell is your best bet as it negates the transmission of cleartext and encrypts your data stream. Plus with keys - you can initiate interserver commnunications without supplying a password.
.
It is now becoming a standard that FTP and telnet/rlogin be "outlawed" in favor of SSH tools (ssh, sftp, scp, etc...).

[hein coulier]

rexec ${machine} "${command}"

or ${machine} -l ${username} "${command}"