[nsp] Cisco commands automatically sent

[Todd, Douglas M.]

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You can use expect: example here (quick and dirty)

command usage: ./autotel myswitch 
#note myswitch and hostname prompt must match in this case.. 

#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f
## call with autotel host username password

set host [lindex $argv 0]
set rcfile [open ~/.autotel/pwd  r ] #Opens file for password pwd
file has user <cr> password 
gets $rcfile user
gets $rcfile pass
spawn telnet  "$host" 
expect "Username:"
send "$user\r"
expect "Password:"
send "$pass\r"
expect "$host>"
send "en\r"
expect "Password:"
send "blahblahblah\r"
interact


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tejal Shah [mailto:tejal.shah@surat.iqara.net]
> Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:08 PM
> To: Tim Franklin; odusseus; cisco-nsp
> Cc: odusseus; cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: RE: [nsp] Cisco commands automatically sent
> 
> 
> Use perl module Net-Telnet-Cisco or rcmd 
> 
> with regards
> Tejal Shah
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Franklin" <tim@colt.net>
> Date: Friday, August 9, 2002 8:49 pm
> Subject: RE: [nsp] Cisco commands automatically sent
> 
> > > I would like to know if it is possible to write a 
> > program on a
> > > Unix box where it could automatically run some 
> > commands on a
> > > cisco devices (7200 series and 3500XL) like:
> > > 
> > > enable
> > > conf t
> > > int fa0/1
> > > shut
> > > end
> > 
> > Expect, if nothing else, will do what you want - you 
> > can essentially control the telnet session from within 
> > a script.  You can do much the same thing from Perl, 
> > Python, or some other scripting language of your 
> > choice - open a telnet connection to the box, log in 
> > and issue commands.
> > 
> > The danger is that your script will probably need to 
> > contain login information for the router, and in your 
> > example above the enable password.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Tim.
> > 
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