Is this the best way to use ssh ? How can i use ssh keys instead of passwords ? I dont understand what happens when pid does not equal 0 , where does the cmd get executed when pid is not 0 ? How do you close the connection ?
# http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2002-July/155390.html import os, time def ssh(user, rhost, pw, cmd): pid, fd = os.forkpty() if pid == 0: os.execv("/bin/ssh", ["/bin/ssh", "-l", user, rhost] + cmd) else: time.sleep(0.2) os.read(fd, 1000) time.sleep(0.2) os.write(fd, pw + "\n") time.sleep(0.2) res = '' s = os.read(fd, 1) while s: res += s s = os.read(fd, 1) return res print ssh('username', 'serverdomain.com', 'Password', ['ls -l']) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
