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Old 05-10-2019
Telnet in script Connection closed by foreign host

Hello,
I'm trying to learn and automate some tasks via a script, but my first ever script failed with "connection closed by foreign host" error. I checked the other discussions but it didn't help. Could you please help?
Code:
#!/bin/bash
( sleep 2
 echo open x.x.x.x 23
sleep 2
echo user
sleep 2
echo pass
sleep 2
)  |  telnet

The following options work without script;
  1. # telnet x.x.x.x
  2. # telnet
    > open x.x.x.x
The script also works for other in-band connection IPs, which directly request user and password without viewing any system info.

We connect this node over auxiliary port via a modem. On putty x.x.x.x 23 connects to our device and x.x.x.x 22 to our server. I got some wireshark captures; the TELNET session continues negotiation, and suddenly interrupts.


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Last edited by rbatte1; 05-10-2019 at 09:30 AM..
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Old 05-10-2019
I think telnet requires .telnetrc for the initial handshake.
There might be man pages, try
Code:
man telnetrc
man telnet

For scripting ssh is better than telnet. An example:
Code:
ssh x.x.x.x << "_EOT"
echo "I am on `uname -n`"
_EOT

At first it prompts for a password.
Create a ssh key with ssh-keygen on the remote side, and copy the public key in ~/.ssh/ to the calling side, then it won't prompt for a password.
The full login might complain about a not-working tty. For script-only access it is preferrable to invoke a shell command on the remote side:
Code:
ssh x.x.x.x /bin/bash -s <<"_EOT"
...

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