On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 01:51:52PM -0400, Greg Brown wrote: > Hey peeps.. I seem to have a bug in my expect script. The script changes > passwords on HP blade servers via telnet. It appears that I am getting an > extra line back from the server that I was not, um, expecting and it causes > the script to exit. Here is the section of script I am concered with: > > # look for "accepted" > expect "*accepted." > > # now look for <hostname>-User Access Control# > expect "*Control#" > > # send an apply > send "apply\r" > > # look for the same prompt as before > expect "*Control#" > > # now tell it to save > send "save\r" > > # now look for the FLASH prompt > expect "*[y/n]:" > > # enter a "Y" > send "Y\r" > > the script fails after "apply" here is captured output (but redirecting > stdout, nothing was ever sent to stderr): > > - User Access Control# usrpw > Changing USER password; validation required: > Enter current administrator password: > Enter new user password: > Re-enter new user password: > New user password accepted. > > >> rtpndsfnth1a8 - User Access Control# apply > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Apply complete; don't forget to "save" updated configuration. > > >> xxxxxxxxxxx - User Access Control# spawn telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.252 > Trying xxx.xxx.xxx..252... > > > See, that extra "Apply complete" line seem to be throwing me off. The next > line should be the "Control" prompt I am looking for and I thought that this > extra line would be processed as I thought it should but it is causing the > whole script to fail. The script itself is called via a shell script and it > is only invoked one IP at a time (via the parent shell script). > > Any ideas?
Greg, Its been a while since I have done some expect, but why not just throw in an extra expect apply line which you toss? JD > > Greg > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
