[Ssh-sftp-perl-users] how to achieve net::telnet like functionality with ssh (sit at a remote shell and repeat commands)

[John D. <Joh...@in...>]

I'm trying to replace Net::Telnet with Net::SSH::Perl.  
I want to open a connection with a pty to a remote box (where the login user
executes .profile and starts a legacy DB shell) and let it sit there.
Then I simply want to be able to run command after command without
re-authenticating.  This part is in a socket accept loop and implements a
clunky kind of pool of telnet sessions to an arcane DB (no DBI or anything
to use).
When I ssh->login(), channel 0 starts the shell and sits there, but each
ssh->cmd() seems to start over at the ksh or bash or whatever.  I can get
him to work but only by restarting the DB shell as command with the real DB
command as his STDIN (which defeats the purpose of my pool).
So, the questions:
1)       Can I get channel 0 to do my bidding?
2)       - or - Can I suppress multiplexing?
3)       - or - Can I somehow use ssh->shell programmatically?
It could be that I am simply asking for things not supported by SSH and
probably belong in the world of Net::Telnet but any advice would be greatly
appreciated!
The other thing I tried was ssh->shell but could not seem to defeat his
attachment to my STDIN (or write to STDIN behind the scenes).
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
John
 








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