I don't have an example handy, but as I recall the working construct is based on this form of code fragment:
I once wrote a script that automatically 'telnetted' into hundreds of Cisco routers and changed the passwords when an employee was terminated. This was about 7 years ago and my memory on the actual code is foggy. I do remember that we used KSH and used a contruct like the one above.
I suggest you get out your best shell programming book and use the construct above in the correct syntax. For example, I don't recall if you use a pipe "|" or perhaps a "<" redirection tag to send the telnet output to the while logic block. You would have to get this from studying the construct and perhaps some simple trial and error. Sorry not to remember more.
Hi,
How to write a script to perform telnet/ftp operation.
Also please refer some site to get reference about shell scripting.
Thanks in advance
-Arun. (1 Reply)
I am trying to use telnet in shell script but getting following error
error
Connected to crmapp00.agf.ca.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
Script
#!/bin/ksh
PATH=/usr/sbin/:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:/usr/local/bin:.
telnet HOSTNAME <<SCRIPT
user userid... (9 Replies)
Hi All,
I was trying to use telnet in a script to access a certain processor on a certain port to view some processes. The problem is that when I use telnet the output is displayed for me.
The script is:
#!/bin/sh
cd /ahmed/ezzat/
rm ss7trace.log
touch ss7trace.log
chmod 755... (3 Replies)
Hi Guys,
How do I write the script for the following
telnet 192.168.1.100 9002
if the result is less than 1 second. The script should say as port open
if the result takes more than 3 seconds. The script should display as port closed.
Thanks,
Charan (1 Reply)
Hi all,
I would like to write a ad hoc shell script that would allow me to do some telnet tests to multiple IP's and ports at the same time . So, I want to determine which one is successful and which one fails. So, basically I would like the shell to spawn the telnet test and to break out of... (3 Replies)
Hi,
I need a script that take one parameter as destination hostname and two parameter as ranges and tries telnet and records the successful connections.
fo reg:
./testtelnet.sh destination-host 1000 1050
should give me all the port between 1000 and 1050 what successfully connected to... (10 Replies)
Hello,
I wrote a script for doing telnet.However the requirement got changed and now I have to write a telnet script that will
1. Do the telnet from all the virtual ips in a box(Ex: x.x.x.x is the box ip, and x.x.x.1,x.x.x.2 etc are virtual ips associated with that box.)
2. The port range... (0 Replies)
Hello,
I wrote a script for doing telnet.However the requirement got changed and now I have to write a telnet script that will
1. Do the telnet from all the virtual ips in a box(Ex: x.x.x.x is the box ip, and x.x.x.1,x.x.x.2 etc are virtual ips associated with that box.)
2. The port range... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: coolkid
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
expect_passmass
PASSMASS(1) General Commands Manual PASSMASS(1)NAME
passmass - change password on multiple machines
SYNOPSIS
passmass [ host1 host2 host3 ... ]
INTRODUCTION
Passmass changes a password on multiple machines. If you have accounts on several machines that do not share password databases, Passmass
can help you keep them all in sync. This, in turn, will make it easier to change them more frequently.
When Passmass runs, it asks you for the old and new passwords. (If you are changing root passwords and have equivalencing, the old pass-
word is not used and may be omitted.)
Passmass understands the "usual" conventions. Additional arguments may be used for tuning. They affect all hosts which follow until
another argument overrides it. For example, if you are known as "libes" on host1 and host2, but "don" on host3, you would say:
passmass host1 host2 -user don host3
Arguments are:
-user
User whose password will be changed. By default, the current user is used.
-rlogin
Use rlogin to access host. (default)
-slogin
Use slogin to access host.
-ssh
Use ssh to access host.
-telnet
Use telnet to access host.
-program
Next argument is a program to run to set the password. Default is "passwd". Other common choices are "yppasswd" and "set
passwd" (e.g., VMS hosts). A program name such as "password fred" can be used to create entries for new accounts (when run as
root).
-prompt
Next argument is a prompt suffix pattern. This allows the script to know when the shell is prompting. The default is "# " for
root and "% " for non-root accounts.
-timeout
Next argument is the number of seconds to wait for responses. Default is 30 but some systems can be much slower logging in.
-su
Next argument is 1 or 0. If 1, you are additionally prompted for a root password which is used to su after logging in. root's
password is changed rather than the user's. This is useful for hosts which do not allow root to log in.
HOW TO USE
The best way to run Passmass is to put the command in a one-line shell script or alias. Whenever you get a new account on a new machine,
add the appropriate arguments to the command. Then run it whenever you want to change your passwords on all the hosts.
CAVEATS
Using the same password on multiple hosts carries risks. In particular, if the password can be stolen, then all of your accounts are at
risk. Thus, you should not use Passmass in situations where your password is visible, such as across a network which hackers are known to
eavesdrop.
On the other hand, if you have enough accounts with different passwords, you may end up writing them down somewhere - and that can be a
security problem. Funny story: my college roommate had an 11"x13" piece of paper on which he had listed accounts and passwords all across
the Internet. This was several years worth of careful work and he carried it with him everywhere he went. Well one day, he forgot to
remove it from his jeans, and we found a perfectly blank sheet of paper when we took out the wash the following day!
SEE ALSO
"Exploring Expect: A Tcl-Based Toolkit for Automating Interactive Programs" by Don Libes, O'Reilly and Associates, January 1995.
AUTHOR
Don Libes, National Institute of Standards and Technology
7 October 1993 PASSMASS(1)