Hello all,
So I'm setting up a script that runs when CVS wants to connect to an ext type
server by setting CVS_RSH to my script so I can log in with a password. IE
CVS_RSH=/etc/projects/blah.py. Which runs when I type say "cvs -d:ext:[EMAIL
PROTECTED]:/cvsroot co module". I need this because of the way cruise control
works and the fact that the cvs server the projects are hosted on are password
protected. I cannot install keys nor can I create a passwordless user or any
thing other than commit and checkout.
So I know my script needs to wrap SSH and when cvs calls it, it runs "blah.py
-l user host 'cvs server'" and then pipes stdio to pass commands to 'cvs
server'. I can log in and I can send and receive commands through stdio which I
am passing through an ugly bit of code like the following, but with some
select.select() statements so it doesn't block:
###
child = pexpect.spawn(cmd...., maxread=1)
...
while (1):
input = child.readline()
sys.stdout.write(input)
if (ouput == 'ok\r\n'):
break
output = sys.stdin.readline()
sys.stderr.write("Sending to child: "+output)
child.send(output)
####
Also a separate test file test.txt
###
Root /cvsroot
history
###
Basically, I can call the script alone like "cat text.txt | ./blah.py -l user
host 'cvs server'" and it works as expected. But when CVS calls it through "cvs
history" using the CVS_RSH variable it just hangs right after the child gets,
or doesn't get, the "Root /cvsroot" request. All that gets output is some
debugging and hangs right after I see "Sending to child: Root /cvsroot".
I know it's authenticating, I know cvs server starts on the server and I can
pipe commands to it as a standalone script, I just don't know what is different
when CVS calls blah.py as opposed to me calling it. I'm also wondering if
there's an easier way to do this somehow, I have played with os.dup2() and
child.interact() to no avail.
Thanks, Ben Snider.
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