I have the following expect script, which I want to run in cron. It fails however, very likely due to the fact that there's no /dev/tty available.
I added the -nottycopy -nottyinit arguments in the hope that would cause spawn to not try to recreate /dev/tty but it didn't work. Also, switching of interact doesn't work. The code works on a command line.
I wrote a script using 'expect' tool to change the password of my login id, every fortnight. And I had put it as a cron job.
The cron job is throwing an error
ld.so.1: /usr/local/bin/expect: fatal: libtcl8.3.so: open failed: No such file or directory
The environment variables are set... (4 Replies)
Hello to all...this is my first post (so please go easy). :)
I feel pretty solid at expect scripting, but I'm running into an issue that I'm not able to wrap my head around. I wrote a script that is a little advanced for logging into a remote Linux machine and changing text in a file using sed.... (2 Replies)
I'm calling an expect script via a ksh script in cron and it is failing. The script runs fine if i run it manually. Does anyone know if it is an issue with compatibilty and if there is a way around it? (2 Replies)
Hi,
I am running some etl commands in the windows from shell script(from unix sun solaris 5.9) by using expect package .While running manually the script is working fine.While running from cron it is exiting the after successfully firing the ETL command(The control does not stop after firing... (1 Reply)
This Expect script provides expect with a list of IP addresses to Cisco IPS sensors and commands to configure Cisco IPS sensors. The user, password, IP addresses, prompt regex, etc. have been anonymized. In general this script will log into the sensors and send commands successfully but there are... (1 Reply)
My searches turned up nothing relevant, so I apologize if this has already been looked at.
I am trying to run an expect script from a Solaris machine, that ssh's into an AIX machine, and interacts with a SMIT created menu system that runs a few backups for me.
The expect script runs fine when... (0 Replies)
I wrote a script to download the files from sftp location to local. while running the script manually its working fine. when i schedule the same in cron its not working.... :wall::wall:
here is the script:
#!/bin/bash
... (2 Replies)
My cron file. Copied $PATH
# Minute Hour Day of Month Month Day of Week Command
SHELL=/bin/ksh
PATH=/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/perl/lib:/perl/lib/lib/perl5:/perl/scripts:.:/perl/lib/local:/home/popeye:/temp
0... (3 Replies)
I'm fairly new to scripting so this might not be possible.
I am using Expect with Cisco switches and need to capture the string after finding the expect request. For example, when I issue "show version" on a Nexus switch, I'm looking to capture the current firmware version:
#show version
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Hello All,
I'm having an issue getting an expect script to run as a cron job. The script executes fin if I run it from the command line but I get nothing when trying to run it as a cron job. I've researched other forums and threads and there have been references to the environment, or lack... (16 Replies)
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LEARN ABOUT X11R4
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent
SYSTEMD-TTY-ASK-PASSWORD-AGENT(1) systemd-tty-ask-password-agent SYSTEMD-TTY-ASK-PASSWORD-AGENT(1)NAME
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent - List or process pending systemd password requests
SYNOPSIS
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent [OPTIONS...] [VARIABLE=VALUE...]
DESCRIPTION
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent is a password agent that handles password requests of the system, for example for hard disk encryption
passwords or SSL certificate passwords that need to be queried at boot-time or during runtime.
systemd-tty-ask-password-agent implements the Password Agents Specification[1], and is one of many possible response agents which answer to
queries formulated with systemd-ask-password(1).
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
--list
Lists all currently pending system password requests.
--query
Process all currently pending system password requests by querying the user on the calling TTY.
--watch
Continuously process password requests.
--wall
Forward password requests to wall(1) instead of querying the user on the calling TTY.
--plymouth
Ask question with plymouth(8) instead of querying the user on the calling TTY.
--console
Ask question on /dev/console instead of querying the user on the calling TTY.
-h, --help
Print a short help text and exit.
--version
Print a short version string and exit.
EXIT STATUS
On success, 0 is returned, a non-zero failure code otherwise.
SEE ALSO systemd(1), systemctl(1), systemd-ask-password-console.service(8), wall(1), plymouth(8)NOTES
1. Password Agents Specification
https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/PasswordAgents
systemd 237SYSTEMD-TTY-ASK-PASSWORD-AGENT(1)