On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Rob H. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Stefan Bodewig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Rob H. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> The ssh task is different from the telnet task in that is not meant >> to handle an interactive shell session, beyond the password >> authentication. > > Why not? > > RA> Because there is no need to interact with the shell.
No need for you, but I have to disagree with this as a general assumption. People may prefer scripting an interactive session ovber writing a shell script on the remote server. You may even be able to run an interactive program on the remote site and script the answers into your build file. Stefan
