Phoe6 wrote: >>>> import telnetlib >>>> tn = telnetlib.Telnet("172.31.128.244") >>>> tn.read_until("Login: ") > '\r\nLogin: ' >>>> tn.write("root\n:") ^^^
With telnet, use "\r\n" for line breaks at *all* times to be on the safe side. Also, what's the ":" at the end for? Regards, Björn -- BOFH excuse #88: Boss' kid fucked up the machine -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list