how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

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how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

put this into action/ server script
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##### put me into an action  action window/server/execute script
import subprocess

userID         = "the userid on the unixbox"
password       = "the password on the unix box"
ipNumber       = "192.168.1.xxx"
promptOnServer = "the prompt on the unix box eg @"
cmd            = "ls -l"  ## the command you like to send
file           = "/users/your-mac-id-here/documents/ssh.cmd"


f=open(file,"w")
f.write('spawn  ssh '+userID+'@'+ipNumber+'\n'
   +'set timeout 10\n'
   +'   expect {\n'
   +'   "(yes/no)?" {\n'
   +'   send "yes\\n"\n'
   +'   sleep 0.1\n'
   +'   expect "assword" { send "'+password+'\\n"}\n'
   +'      }\n'
   +'      "assword: " {\n'
   +'          send "'+password+'\\n"\n'
   +'      }\n'
   +'}\n'
   +'expect '+ promptOnServer+'\n'
   +'sleep 0.1\n'
   +'send "'+cmd+' \\n"\n'
   +'sleep 0.1\n'
   +'expect '+ promptOnServer+'\n'
   +'sleep 0.1\n'
   +'send "exit\\n"\n'
   +'expect eof\n'
   )
f.close()


###### either
## if you want to wait for the result:
ret = subprocess.Popen("/usr/bin/expect "+ file, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True).communicate()
indigo.server.log(unicode(ret))

###### or
## if it takes to long ( > 10 secs)  just add   & to the end
## subprocess.Popen("/usr/bin/expect "+ file+" &", stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)


hope some might find this useful

Karl

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Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:23 am
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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

Thanks Karl, This looks incredibly powerful.


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Mon Feb 11, 2019 8:17 pm
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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

Karl,
I finally tried to play with this on a raspi on Debian linux. Will this strictly only work on Unix? I am seeing the login info from the raspi, but it is then timing out. I am trying to tell firefox on a remote pi to open a window using a command that works from ssh.

Edit: I changed "assword" to "password".

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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

Leave assword. As sometimes it is Password and sometimes password

Which Unix. It depends on the prompts

It will not work on windows.


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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

try:
expect -D ...
or -d
'that gives you a trace


do
man expect
on the unix prompt

for everything you always wanted to know

and expect has to run on the host from where you launch it.- does not need to be available on the target .. = does not use it

Karl

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Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:34 am
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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

kw123 wrote:
Leave assword. As sometimes it is Password and sometimes password

Which Unix. It depends on the prompts

It will not work on windows.


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Lol, assword it is!


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Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:36 am
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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

kw123 wrote:
try:
expect -D ...
or -d
'that gives you a trace


do
man expect
on the unix prompt

for everything you always wanted to know

and expect has to run on the host from where you launch it.- does not need to be available on the target .. = does not use it

Karl


I’m sorry, Karl, but in reference to the lines above, am i putting them into the script (and, if so, where)?


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Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:27 am
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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

Open a terminal on your mac

man expect

q to exit

expect -d your script name here



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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

to get the full debug into the logfile from within indigo action:

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##### put me into an action  action window/server/execute script
import subprocess

userID         = "the userid on the unixbox"
password       = "the password on the unix box"
ipNumber       = "192.168.1.xxx"
promptOnServer = "the prompt on the unix box eg @"
cmd            = "ls -l"  ## the command you like to send
file           = "/users/your-mac-id-here/documents/ssh.cmd"


f=open(file,"w")
f.write('spawn  ssh '+userID+'@'+ipNumber+'\n'
   +'set timeout 10\n'
   +'   expect {\n'
   +'   "(yes/no)?" {\n'
   +'   send "yes\\n"\n'
   +'   sleep 0.1\n'
   +'   expect "assword" { send "'+password+'\\n"}\n'
   +'      }\n'
   +'      "assword: " {\n'
   +'          send "'+password+'\\n"\n'
   +'      }\n'
   +'}\n'
   +'expect '+ promptOnServer+'\n'
   +'sleep 0.1\n'
   +'send "'+cmd+' \\n"\n'
   +'sleep 0.1\n'
   +'expect '+ promptOnServer+'\n'
   +'sleep 0.1\n'
   +'send "exit\\n"\n'
   +'expect eof\n'
   )
f.close()


ret = subprocess.Popen("/usr/bin/expect -d "+ file, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True).communicate()
indigo.server.log(unicode(ret))

add >> -d  << with the spaces

lower case d not D

you should then see:
[code]MacPro-2012:~ karlwachs$ /usr/bin/expect -d '....

argv[0] = /usr/bin/expect  argv[1] = -d  argv[2] = ...

set argc 8
set argv0 "...
set argv ...
executing commands from command file ....
spawn sftp -o ConnectTimeout=15 pi@192.168.xxx
parent: waiting for sync byte
parent: telling child to go ahead
parent: now unsynchronized from child
spawn: returns {35747}

expect: does "" (spawn_id exp6) match glob pattern "(yes/no)? "? no
"assword"? no
pi@192.168.1.39's password:
expect: does "pi@192.168.1.39's password: " (spawn_id exp6) match glob pattern "(yes/no)? "? no
"assword"? yes
expect: set expect_out(0,string) "assword"
expect: set expect_out(spawn_id) "exp6"
expect: set expect_out(buffer) "pi@192.168.1.xxx's password"
send: sending "xxxxxx\r" to { exp6 }
....

... and many more lines
but w/o the line brakes instead you will see \n where the line breaks should be..

Karl

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how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

Karl you are my Indigo spirit totem animal.


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Re: how to use SSH to send any command to a unix box

Is there an emoji for that?


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kw123 wrote:
Is there an emoji for that?


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