SSH utility

[James Brady]

Hi all,
I'm looking for a python library that lets me execute shell commands
on remote machines.

I've tried a few SSH utilities so far: paramiko, PySSH and pssh;
unfortunately all been unreliable, and repeated questions on their
respective mailing lists haven't been answered...

It seems like the sort of commodity task that there should be a pretty
robust library for. Are there any suggestions for alternative
libraries or approaches?

Thanks!
James

 

[Alan Franzoni]

James Brady was kind enough to say:

Hi all,
I'm looking for a python library that lets me execute shell commands
on remote machines.

I've tried a few SSH utilities so far: paramiko, PySSH and pssh;
unfortunately all been unreliable, and repeated questions on their
respective mailing lists haven't been answered...

Twisted conch seems to be your last chance

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[Kris Kennaway]

Hi all,
I'm looking for a python library that lets me execute shell commands
on remote machines.

I've tried a few SSH utilities so far: paramiko, PySSH and pssh;
unfortunately all been unreliable, and repeated questions on their
respective mailing lists haven't been answered...

It seems like the sort of commodity task that there should be a pretty
robust library for. Are there any suggestions for alternative
libraries or approaches?

Personally I just Popen ssh directly. Things like paramiko make me
concerned; getting the SSH protocol right is tricky and not something I
want to trust to projects that have not had significant experience and
auditing.

Kris

 

[Support Desk]

What about pexpect?


http://www.noah.org/wiki/Pexpect


-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Franzoni [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 5:41 AM
To: (e-mail address removed)
Subject: Re: SSH utility

James Brady was kind enough to say:

Hi all,
I'm looking for a python library that lets me execute shell commands
on remote machines.

I've tried a few SSH utilities so far: paramiko, PySSH and pssh;
unfortunately all been unreliable, and repeated questions on their
respective mailing lists haven't been answered...

Twisted conch seems to be your last chance

--
Alan Franzoni <[email protected]>
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