From: Guillaume Marcais <guslist@...>
Date: 2003-07-01T00:14:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Stuck in the middle with Telnet

Did you try with 'tn.login("me", "let me in")'?

Guillaume.

On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 10:14, kingsley@icecode.org wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to write my own telnet client to connect to my favourite
> MUD. (http://www.anguish.org/)
> 
> I\'m stuck - I can\'t make it login at all ! I don\'t quite understand
> the concept.
> 
> Do I use tn.cmd(\"mudcommand\") to do pass the commands? Like :
> 
> input = gets.chomp  #look at tree
> tn.cmd(input) {|str| print str} #you look at a tree
> 
> here\'s what I have that doesnt work..note - If I just change the login
> name (string) to guest and delete the password line - it does log in as
> guest (which requires no password).
> 
> require \'net/telnet\'
> 
> require \'net/telnet\'
> tn = Net::Telnet.new(\'Host\'       => \'ancient.anguish.org\',
>                      \'Port\'       => \'2222\',
>                      \'Timeout\'    => 60,
>                      \'Telnetmode\' => true) { |str| print str }
> 
> tn.cmd(\"Match\" => \"What is your name: \", \"String\" => \"myname\")
> { |str| print str }
> tn.waitfor(\"Match\" => \"Password: \", \"String\" => \"mypassword\") {
> |str| print str }
> 
> Thanks
> 
> btw - I have also tried to make the password command a tn.cmd, tn.write
> and tn.print but with no success.
> 
> Kingsley
>