From: saga99x <kenqcl@...>
Date: 2007-05-10T16:40:04+09:00
Subject: Net::SSH exec command on remote host

I try to use Net::SSH to exec command on remote host. A session was
openned and a few command should be exec and get the output.
It always failed to get the output of second cmd no matter what
command it is. Here is the code

def do_cmd(s, cmd) #session, command
    s.open_channel do |channel|
    channel.on_data do |ch, data|
      puts "#{data}"
    end
    channel.exec cmd, true
    end
end


  session = Net::SSH.start(h,u,p) #hostname, userid, passwd
  do_cmd(session, "version")   # first cmd
  do_cmd(session, "version")  # 2nd cmd
  session.loop
  session.close

Here is the error:
/usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/packet-stream.rb:
202:in `<<': can't convert nil into String (TypeError)
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/
packet-stream.rb:202:in `read'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/
packet-stream.rb:153:in `get'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/
packet-stream.rb:147:in `synchronize'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/
packet-stream.rb:147:in `get'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/needle/lifecycle/
proxy.rb:60:in `__send__'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/needle/lifecycle/
proxy.rb:60:in `method_missing'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/
session.rb:247:in `wait_for_message'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/
session.rb:242:in `loop'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/transport/
session.rb:242:in `wait_for_message'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/connection/
driver.rb:148:in `process'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/connection/
driver.rb:138:in `loop'
        from /usr/local/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/net/ssh/session.rb:
164:in `loop'

Could anyone give me a hint?