--- Gerrard Geldenhuis <Gerrard.Geldenhuis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You could use expect. > Here is an article on it... > http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3065 > first, thanks for all replies. but, expect is also not what I wanted. why? because expect can't let you stay in remote host for long time. for example, you say something like this in an expect script: spawn ssh username@xxxxxxxxxxx expect -exact "username@xxxxxxxxxxx's passwd: " send -- "password\r" when you run the script, you do can login to the remote host automatically. But, you can't do anything. Even you input an "enter", you will get exited automatically. I don't know why, but this is the fact. generally expect do some automatical tasks, but not keep a persistent ssh connection. This is what expect can do: 1> logins into a machine 2> executes a program 3> logs out of the machine But what I wanted is: 1> ssh remote_host 2> input password automatically for me 3> let me login into it successfully and stay there Do you know me? Thank you. --Ken Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
