wow now this one actually worked, thank you. Jason Jorgensen wrote: > The best way is to do this with ssh and keys. > > But I wrote you a script for this. I dont think you should have to change anything in the > script. Though the enviroment variable assignment is BASH only. > > Andrew Nemchenko wrote: > > > 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 $8.99/mo! ------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > #!/usr/bin/expect -- > #Hack together expect script to set the display enviroment variable on a remote machine. > > if {$argc==0} { > send_user "usage: $argv0 <HOSTNAME OR IP> <USER> <PASSWORD> <DISPLAY SETTING ie.15.15.15.15:0.0> <REMOTE APP TO LAUNCH>\n\n" > exit > } > # HOSTNAME = [lindex $argv 0] > # USERNAME = [lindex $argv 1] > # USERPASSWORD = [lindex $argv 2] > # DISPLAYENV = [lindex $argv 3] > # APP = [lindex $argv 4] > > exp_version -exit 5.0 > expect_before -i $user_spawn_id \003 exit > set timeout 5 > stty -echo > > set pid [spawn xhost [lindex $argv 0]] > expect > exec kill $pid > > set pid [spawn rlogin -l [lindex $argv 1] [lindex $argv 0]] > expect "assword:" { > send_user "[lindex $argv 2]" > send "[lindex $argv 2]\r" > } eof { > send_user "rlogin spawn failed\n" > exec kill $pid > exit 1 > } timeout { > send_user "\n ## Never saw password prompt.\n" > exit 1 > } > > ## At a prompt Switch enter enviroment variable > expect -re "(#|>|\\\$|%)" { > send "export DISPLAY=[lindex $argv 3]\n" > } eof { > send_user "\n ## rlogin spawn failed\n" > exec kill $pid > exit 1 > } timeout { > send_user "\n ## Never saw command prompt.\n" > exit 1 > } > > ## At the next prompt lauch the app > expect -re "(#|>|\\\$|%)" { > send "[lindex $argv 4]&\n" > } eof { > send_user "\n ## rlogin spawn failed\n" > exec kill $pid > exit 1 > } timeout { > send_user "\n ## Never saw command prompt.\n" > exit 1 > } > > ## At the next prompt exit the rlogin > expect -re "(#|>|\\\$|%)" { > send "exit\n" > } eof { > send_user "\n ## rlogin spawn failed\n" > exec kill $pid > exit 1 > } timeout { > send_user "\n ## Never saw command prompt.\n" > exit 1 > } > > set timeout 60 > expect > exec kill $pid > exit ------ 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/e443bfff/drew.vcf