When I do what you're describing, I get prompted for my password:
> system('ssh -l usernm rmthost')
use...@rmthost's password:
After I enter my password, nothing seems to happen. But if I hit
ctrl-c then I get a command line prompt, and it turns out that it's a
shell prompt on the remote host. I can issue standard unix commands,
and they execute on the remote host. To get back into R on my local
host I type 'exit'.
Or:
Here's a couple of lines from one of my scripts that might help ...
cmd <- 'ssh -l username remotehost /bin/lpstat -a'
lprs <- read.table(pipe(cmd),fill=TRUE,as.is=TRUE)[,1]
I get prompted for my password when I source these lines on my local host.
With the result that the lprs object has the names of printers
available on the remote host.
-Don
At 10:01 PM -0800 4/8/10, afoo wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to SSH to a remote server through R script. In other words, I
would like to know how I can get a SSH connection to the remote server and
then execute commands on that server with the R script.
So in bash, I would normally type ssh -lusername remoteserver.com; press
enter and then wait for the password prompt to key in my password.
I have tried system("ssh remoteserver.com") but that doesn't work because,
from what I know, SSH requires user interactivity - I am required to key in
my password.
I tried looking up about putting password as a command line parameter, but
SSH doesn't allow that, my only option then is to set up a private/public
key pair. But the admin of the remoteserver doesn't allow me to do that.
Is there a way in which I can SSH in? Or is there a command in R that allows
me to interact with the command prompts interactively?
thanks,
afoo
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