Yes I do have expect available, and I could use it, so if you can write it in expect.. The reason that I dont use ssh, is because I dont want to set it up on every machine. While using a script like this, is fast and easy. Also I'm not worried about security since all these machines are on internal lan. Using ssh would just be too much of a hasle. Jim Crumley wrote: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:34:51AM +0100, Andrew Nemchenko wrote: > > > > I need a script that would do this for me: > > > > xhost krypton > > rlogin krypton > > (enter login name) > > (enter password) > > export DISPLAY=my_ip_goes_here:0.0 > > sunapp(an application that I need to run) > > > > if some one could please write a script that can do this for me I would really > > apreciate it. I could probably do it my self but I left my bash book at home, and > > dont want to puts around the man pages. > > Any particular reason not to use ssh? With ssh properly setup, > all you'd have to do is "ssh kryton sunapp". (Of course, you > may not have perms to setup ssh.) > > Anyway, to do this right, you probably want to expect, instead of > bash. That's because entering login names and passwords requires > waiting till you're prompted for them. That's a pain to do with > regualr shells, but its expects bread and butter. So, do you > have expect available? I'd write the script, if you do. > > -- > Jim Crumley | > crumley at fields.space.umn.edu | > Work: 612 624-6804 or -0378 | > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: drew.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 265 bytes Desc: Card for Andrew Nemchenko Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20010601/be7295f7/drew.vcf