Re: [Ssh-sftp-perl-users] Using Net::SSH2 as a file handle

[Bryan B. <br...@bu...>]

>> I dont fully understand channels, but from what I remember with
>> Net::SSH::Perl, a new channel had to be created every time you sent a
>> command.  But now there is a Net::SSH2::Channel->shell() function,
>> perhaps
>> there is a way to launch a shell on a channel and interact with that?
>
> There is.  The shell() function just makes the channel a shell channel,
> and you can send commands to it.
>

Does this act like a normal shell?  Primarily does it just exec shell and
pass IO back and forth, or is it interpreted somehow?

>> I see Net::SSH2::Channel is itself a tied filehandle, but attempts to
>> directly manipulate that dont result in what I expected.
>
> In what way?  If you can give details I'll try to fix them.
>
> --
> Dave
> Isa. 40:31
>

With this snipit of code:

-- snip -->
use Net::SSH2;
use Expect;

my $ssh2 = Net::SSH2->new();
$ssh2->connect("127.0.0.1");
$ssh2->auth(username => scalar getpwuid($<), interact => 1) or die;

my $chan = $ssh2->channel();
$chan->shell();

my $exp_obj = Expect->exp_init( $chan );
<-- end --

Returns the following when I run the script:
$ ./test.pl
[user username]
Password: ERROR: cannot find method `FILENO' in class Expect at ./test3.pl
line 13

Line 13 is the expect init line.  Maybe its an expect bug, but I dont
think so.  I've been able to open expect on raw sockets before.  So i
think it has something to do with the way channel() sets itself up.

Thanks.

Bryan
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