Very Computer

When we change a password for a user (I work with an Internet Provider)
we have to:

rlogin to our password-server,
rsudo rpassword 'nodename'
answer to the cryptocard dialog,
set a new password.
exit the password-server,back to 'kantoor'-server,
vile /home/support/changes
append a log-line to changes,
exit vile.

I've been asked to automate this in a script, so that one command would do
the login to the server, issue de rsudo etc. command, logout of the server
and start-up vile.

problem is: I haven't found a way to tell rlogin to issue a command on the
server just logged onto, and rsh doesn't allow interactive commands, and
both rsudo and vile are interactive.

I hope and believe that there is a simple solution to this, but I haven't
found this in the manpages for rlogin or rsh.

suggestions?

Armand A.Verstappen     (Technical Support)
Demon Internet Amsterdam

Icarus

Hi,

Did you include the command to be executed in the .profile. Does it
help?

Bye, nram
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Ramesh Natarajan :           http://members.tripod.com/~nram

In a world without fences, who needs Gates ? -Java 97 slogan

You can use a script like this to log onto a remote machine:

spawn /bin/telnet B$host
expect "ogin:"
send "$user\r"
expect "assword:"
send "$passwd\r"
interact

(ie. using expect is consideraby easy).

Dirk.

[stuff to automate snipped]

Expect is probably the easiest solution here.

man expect or if its not installed, go hunting for it.

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