To ask for the password ssh opens the controlling terminal directly. You will need to allocate a pseudo terminal for this and make it the controlling terminal for the ssh process. (not just std* redirection.)
On 10/27/07, william estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Geoff, > > What is happening is, when I fork off sftp, it captures my terminals > stdio, so I don't see any output in the main program. The only thing > I see is the password request, which I provide and then it doesn't > get anymore output from sftp. Sftp runs just fine but not using the > pseudo terminal. > I think I need some kind of ioctl call to stop sftp from grabing > the terminal stdio? > > > > William Estrada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net ( http://Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net ) > Ymessenger: MrUmunhum > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I think I understand what you are saying. I ran into a similar problem > > trying to run xterm without tying up bash. Look up using the subsystem > > keyword in the sshd config. Subsystem will allow sshd to directly spawn a > > process and maintain control over it. > > > > Geoff > > > > Sent from my BlackBerry wireless handheld. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: william estrada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:36:38 > > To:[email protected] > > Subject: SSH and pyseudo tty > > > > > > Hi group, > > > > Hope this one does not get bounced. > > > > I have written a C program that calls sftp as a child using pseudo tty > > master > > and slave. I can get logged into the ssh server but control of the parent > > program looses control of the terminal. I know that it is ssh that is doing > > the tty chances and I also know that it will work with expect. I prefer not > > use expect. > > Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this problem? I have searched > > the > > web but haven't found anything. > > > > Hope I am making sense? > > > > > > -- > > William Estrada > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net ( http://Mt-Umunhum-Wireless.net ) > > Ymessenger: MrUmunhum > -- And, did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save? -Centauri
