I'm trying to make a script connecting via an SSH connection to a server and executing some commands. The first part works:
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
spawn ssh address
expect "password:"
send "password\r"
interact
but after that I want to execute some more commands, e.g cd to directory, launch some more scripts etc. Is there any way to implement these things ?
try following:
#!/usr/bin/expect
set login "any_user"
set addr "some_address"
set pw "any_pwd"
spawn ssh -t $login#$addr
expect "$login#$addr\'s password:"
send "$pw\r"
expect "~" ; # put here string from your server prompt
send "mkdir some_dir\r"
interact
This is one of the command, you could try other commands like cd, any other scripts too in it and let us know if any queries.
Related
I'm actually working on vi and I want to make a script which connects me to a vpnc (and automatically enters the password), and then, connects me to a ssh distant server.
I made this, but it's not working:
#! /usr/bin/
set force_conservative 1;
set timeout 2
spawn sudo vpnc
expect "password: $"
send "xxx"
spawn ssh marpic#192.xxx.xxx.xxx
expect "password: $"
send "xxx"
interact
I want to implement this so I can later add my copyfiles.sh script which copies the files on the ssh server to my PC.
check your first line.
make sure you invoke the shell correctly.
#!/usr/bin/bash is the path correct?
I want to run some commands on another machine after I logged in through ssh. I have automated login using expect. I don't know much about bash and expect. Please help me out.
Here is what i have written:
spawn ssh user#ip
expect "password:" { send "mypassword\n"}
interact
echo yes
If you just want to execute a single command on the remote server, you can send the command in single quotes like: ssh user#ip 'echo "yes"'
But if you want multiple commands to be run, then its better to use telnet than ssh.
I found the following script which gives me the possibility to go to a server without manually type in a required password.
Sadly I don't know how to execute commands after the connection is made :(
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
spawn ssh user#server
expect "assword:"
send "pw123\r"
interact
#the following is not executed anymore
cd /tmp/
The cd /tmp/ command is not executed, does someone know how to do this ?
I don't care about security :)
Key-based authentication is not an option.
Edit:
Ok, I found a solution that fits my needs:
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
spawn user#server
expect "assword:"
send "pw123\r"
expect "> " { send "cd /tmp\r" }
interact
The expect "> " has to be like your prompt.
After the connection is made, you are in the shell of the remote host to which you connected through the script. So to execute any command you will have to execute command manually on the command prompt.
If you want only to execute the command on the remote server automatically without need for ssh then you can use the below command.
#!/usr/bin/expect -f
#Changed here
spawn ssh user#server "cd /tmp && ls"
expect "password:"
send "pw123\r"
interact
I am trying to access remote ssh server from a unix client machine. For this i have used expect script which is calling a bash script to fetch some lines from server log file.
Below is my code:
#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f
set pass "password"
set prompt "(%|$|#)"
spawn ssh deployed#172.16.166.111
expect "password:"
send "$pass\r"
expect -re $prompt
send -- "./access_srvr_log.sh\r"
send -- "exit\r"
code for access_srvr_log.sh file:
#!/usr/local/bin/expect
dir="/home/deployer/Desktop/McKinsey-McKinsey-AdminPanel/log"
tail -n 100 $dir/development.log
echo "hello"
echo >> log.txt
i get this error :
./access_srvr_log.sh
-bash: ./access_srvr_log.sh: No such file or directory
Please help. I have tried lot many changes on the above code and finally reached here.
Thanks.
Friends don't let friends use SSH passwords. It's much less secure.
Use ssh-copy-id to copy your public key to the remote server. (It puts the client ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub into the server .ssh/authorized_keys) Now you can run "ssh deployer#172.16.144.111 ./access_srvr_log.sh", and it won't prompt for a password. That means you no longer need expect and all the odd problems that come with it.
In fact, it's highly recommended that you disable SSH passwords all together.
To make your script even simpler (maintenance-wise) do this:
1) run ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/scriptkey on your client (don't enter a password).
2) Put the public part of your key (~/.ssh/scriptkey.pub on the client) into .ssh/authorized_keys on the server. But this time, put command="/home/deployer/access_srvr_log.sh" just before your new key. This tells the server to run that command for that key.
3) Now your script doesn't even need to specify the command, just the private key. (i.e. scp -i ~/.ssh/scriptkey deployer#172.16.144.111 will run the script). This allows the server to change (i.e. move the script, change the script name) without changing the client. It also means someone stealing your (non-password-protected) key can't log in to the server, but only run your log script.
And there are no guessable passwords laying around in scripts. (You are checking your scripts into version control, right?)
You can simplify it down too
#!/bin/bash
{
/usr/bin/expect <<- EOF
spawn ssh deployer#172.16.144.111 "tail -n 100 /home/deployer/Desktop/McKinsey-McKinsey-AdminPanel/log/development.log"
expect "password:"
send "deployer\r"
expect eof
EOF
} |grep -v "deployer#172.16.144.111's password:">> log.txt
I realize this question has been asked a few times but I could not find a relevant answer anywhere in my searching.
I am working in a development environment where security is not an issue and anyone could just guess the password if the thought for a few seconds.
What I am trying to do is simple. I have created an alias function in my local .bashrc file and I would like this function to automatically log into a machine with a default password.
My current implementation looks something like this:
function s () {
ssh root#192.168.1.$1
}
When I run it I get something like this:
~]s 122
ssh root#192.168.1.122
root#192.168.1.122's password:
Using Bash, and not using RSA keys I would like to get this to use the default password 'password'.
I've tried the following where IP and User have already been set.
Do=$(expect -c "
spawn ssh $User#${IP[0]}.${IP[1]}.${IP[2]}.${IP[3]}
expect \"yes/no\"
send \"yes\r\"
expect \"assword\" send \"password\"")
echo $Do
$Do
It gives the follwing error:
Connecting and logging into server using expect
usage: send [args] string
while executing
"send"
invoked from within
"expect "assword" send "password""
Administrator#192.168.1.176's password:
bash: spawn: command not found...
Using the following command I am able to connect a machine. If I remove the interact it just runs the uptime command and closes the connection. With the interact command I am unable to see what I am typing or actually interact with the machine. Any ideas?
Do=$(expect -c "spawn ssh $User#${IP[0]}.${IP[1]}.${IP[2]}.${IP[3]}; set timeout 4; expect \"assword\"; send \"password\n\"; expect \"test\"; send \"uptime\n\"; interact;");echo $Do;
You can do this with the expect tool: http://expect.sourceforge.net/
It's widely available, so depending on your system, the equivalent of sudo apt-get install expect or yum install expect will install it.
Here's an example of an expect script with ssh. This logs you in and gives you control of the interactive prompt:
#!/usr/bin/expect
set login "root"
set addr "127.0.0.1"
set pw "password"
spawn ssh $login#$addr
expect "$login#$addr\'s password:"
send "$pw\r"
expect "#"
send "cd /developer\r"
interact
Here's an example of how to use expect as part of a bash script. This logs in with ssh, cd to /var, runs a script, then exits the ssh session.
#!/bin/bash
...
login_via_ssh_and_do_stuff() {
# build the expect script in bash
expect_sh=$(expect -c "
spawn ssh root#127.0.0.1
expect \"password:\"
send \"password\r\"
expect \"#\"
send \"cd /var\r\"
expect \"#\"
send \"chmod +x my_script.sh\r\"
expect \"#\"
send \"./my_script.sh\r\"
expect \"#\"
send \"exit\r\"
")
# run the expect script
echo "$expect_sh"
}
You can leave these snippets in a script on your local system, and then just alias to the scripts.
Also: I know you said security isn't an issue, but I'd like to just note, again, that the "proper" way to ssh without using a password is to use a ssh key-pair =)
Use sshpass which is available in package repositories on major Linux-es.
For example, when password is in password.txt file:
sshpass -fpassword.txt ssh username#hostname
sshpass runs ssh in a dedicated tty, fooling it into thinking it is
getting the password from an interactive user.