This tag refers to the pxssh python library - used for creating and using SSH via a python script.
This tag refers to the pxssh python library - used for creating and using SSH via a python script.
Questions tagged [pxssh]
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Got stuck with pxssh. It doesn't login again after the first successful login?
I'm working on simple ssh login using pxssh. Following T.J. Connor scripts from Cookbook.
I was able to successfully get into the remote machine using pxssh and pass commands when trying from the python interpreter.
Below is the view.
>>> from…
harveyD
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Disable remote prompt using pxssh
I am using pxssh to log in and issue some commands on a remote server.
My code looks like:
def login(self):
try:
self.connection = pxssh.pxssh()
self.password = getpass.getpass('Password: ')
self.connection.login(self.host,…
Albert
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Pexpect: Could not set shell prompt
I have referred a python script from https://pexpect.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api/pxssh.html in order to perform a ssh password based login.
Code is as follows:
from pexpect import pxssh
import getpass
try:
s = pxssh.pxssh()
hostname =…
rakesh kotian
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Regexp to match prompt in pxssh
I am using pxssh in Python3.6 to play with SSH by doing a script.
Everything works fine but I just have one little issue.
The prompt on the machine I'm logging on SSH change according to some commands I'm sending (not all!)
Here is the code of my…
Difender
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AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'sendline' yet module contains the attribute having tested it another way?
After importing the relevant libraries and creating a connect function using the pxssh library, I have created my main function to accept the arguments of 'host, 'user' and the filename that I give.
The program successfully reads the file and…
Dac121
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How do I install pxssh? Module not found
I get the error message module not found for pxssh.
I am running ubuntu 16.04 with Python 2.7.12 with expect 4.0.1-1.
import pxssh
ImportError: No module named pxssh
Is pxssh included in pexpect
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python | pexpect | ssh | no indication is received when the dest host is not reachable
I'm using pexpect to connect with ssh to a distance host.
when the user or password are incorrect, I get an error
but when the dest host is not reachable (for example when I entered an invalid ip or if the host is down) I don't get any…
Tal Levi
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PXSSH Connection fails sometimes randomly after upgrading to Python3
I am trying to create a ssh session using pexpect.pxssh as follows:
from pexpect import pxssh
connection = pxssh.pxssh()
connection.login('localhost', username, password, port=port, check_local_ip=False)
"""
Fails with the following…
Satya Prakash
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Can i use pxssh and pexpect together?
I'm using a pxssh to make connection to remote server and do a some commands,
after that i need to return a stdout and push it to my html webpage.
This construction is not work because it's give all output (command and output) in string (without any…
Explorethetruth
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How to escape a Linux command which has all characters like single quote, double quote(',",`) in python?
I have the following Linux command which gives metrics like CPU%, RAM%, and Hard disk percentage.
echo "CPU `LC_ALL=C top -bn1 | grep "Cpu(s)" | sed "s/.*, *\([0-9.]*\)%* id.*/\1/" | awk '{print 100 - $1}'`% RAM `free -m | awk '/Mem:/ {…
rakesh kotian
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PXSSH truncates command sent to remote server
I have a python application that sends a wide variety of unix commands using pxssh to a remote server using the versions below.
Version info:
Python - 3.6.5
pexpect - 4.2.1
On one particular server one of our commands failed to execute because the…
Craig Souder
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The pexpect pxssh do not create my requirement directory
I use the pexpect module to login a ssh server and then mkdir a directory:
from pexpect import pxssh
s = pxssh.pxssh()
s.login(server='43.24.24.29', username='root', password='my_password')
s.send('mkdir aaa')
s.logout()
it works, but I find,…
user7693832
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Can the Ansible raw ssh module be used like "expect"?
In other words, can the ansible "expect" module be used over a raw SSH connection?
I'm trying automate some simple embedded devices that do not have a full Python or even shell. The ansible raw module works fine for simple commands, but I'd like to…
Wafflecode
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Python pxssh sendline string splitting and sending two lines
This is my first question here, and I'm far from professional coder, but I have been researching and didn't found any similar problem to this... I stated in the title which is pxssh realted, but in fact applies to many otehr cases seems.
The problem…
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Use a here-document with pxssh (pexpect)
In my python script I need to execute a command over SSH that also takes a heredoc as an argument. The command calls an interactive script that can be also called as follows:
dbscontrol << EOI
HELP
QUIT
EOI
I also found this Q&A that describes how…
Bostone
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