From: Brian Candler <b.candler@...>
Date: 2009-02-16T05:49:55+09:00
Subject: Re: Net-Ssh

Gon巽alo Pires wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I'm trying to develop a script that will use net-ssh to performe some
> routine commands on a remote server.
> 
> But i've a problem when i give a comand that will change the remote 
> system
> prompt. I think ruby is expecting the default caracter "#", but the 
> command
> will change it to ">", and the script don't run.
> 
> require 'net/ssh'
>  Net::SSH.start('172.16.20.78', 'root', :password => "passwd" ) do |
> ssh|
>    output = ssh.exec!("su - sysad")
>  end
> 
> Could you please tell me I could I change the "expected" prompt?

I don't think raw Net::SSH waits for a prompt. It works at a lower level 
of the SSH protocol protocol units.

If you want an expect-like interface, you could try Net::SSH::Telnet 
(separate package). This is something I wrote to give an API almost 
identical to Net::Telnet.
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