telnet from Java

[Wilson Chew]

hi,

Say I am using a Windows machine, can I use Java to programmatically telnet
to a unix machine?
Here's what I did:

String[] cmd = new String[3];

cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "telnet unixMachine";

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

PrintWriter pr = new PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
pr.print("username"); //print username to process
pr.print("password"); //print password to process

This doesn't seems to work. Anybody has experience with this?

Thanks in advance !!

Wilson Chew

 

[John Fereira]

hi,

Say I am using a Windows machine, can I use Java to programmatically
telnet to a unix machine?
Here's what I did:

String[] cmd = new String[3];

cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "telnet unixMachine";

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

PrintWriter pr = new
PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
pr.print("username"); //print username to process
pr.print("password"); //print password to process

This doesn't seems to work. Anybody has experience with this?

Take a look at commons-net package. It's based on the old NetComponents
package and supports Telnet, Ftp, SMTP, NNTP, and several other protocols.
I've used it in the past to automate FTP transfers and it works well.

 

[marcus]

This is a major pet peeve of mine . . .
What is the word "telnet"? What does it represent? Is it just the name
of a windows program? Hmm, could it be a protocol?

what does the word "protocol" mean? Is it a standard method of doing
something, like diplomatic protocol? An agreed standard of communication?

Hmm, maybe you should do something simple, like google "telnet protocol"
before demonstrating to any prospective employer who googles "Wilson
Chew" how blazingly inept you are at problem solving.

http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/comms/telnet.html

Then, when you see how silly rewriting an entire communications protocol
would be, try googling c.l.j.p for telnet package.

Better yet, pick up a paintbrush.

-- clh

 

[KC Wong]

@marcus:

The OP didn't ask to rewrite a telnet client in Java... look at the code the
OP provided. Runtime is created and PrintWriter is used to pump input into
it.

@wilson:

I haven't tried that, but telnet isn't secure - you don't want to use it.
Use SSH instead... it also talks telnet, and a free client is available for
Win32, Unix and many other platforms.

It's called PuTTY: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

It supports commandline mode, where you can tell it to use a script file.

 

[zoopy]

hi,

Say I am using a Windows machine, can I use Java to programmatically telnet
to a unix machine?
Here's what I did:

String[] cmd = new String[3];

cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "telnet unixMachine";

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

PrintWriter pr = new PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
pr.print("username"); //print username to process
pr.print("password"); //print password to process

This doesn't seems to work. Anybody has experience with this?

Thanks in advance !!

Wilson Chew

Same question came up a few days ago. See
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...2eb3.0407260907.4616b67d%40posting.google.com>
and
<http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...2eb3.0407270615.5d365217%40posting.google.com>

HTH,
Z.

 

[marcus]

and the difference between writing a telnet client and writing a program
that emulates a telnet client for the purposes of communicating via
telnet protocol is . . . ?

 

[Steve Horsley]

hi,

Say I am using a Windows machine, can I use Java to programmatically telnet
to a unix machine?
Here's what I did:

String[] cmd = new String[3];

cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "telnet unixMachine";

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

PrintWriter pr = new PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
pr.print("username"); //print username to process
pr.print("password"); //print password to process

This doesn't seems to work. Anybody has experience with this?

Thanks in advance !!

Wilson Chew

It's a start, but you have a way to go. You will also need to use the stdout and
stderr streams from the client and read the messages returned from the server.
Failing to do so may result in a hang because the Process's output buffers
are full.

The immediate reaon this doesn't log in is that you forgot to send the enter
key after the name and password. Try:
pr.print(username + "\r");
or:
pr.println(username);

Steve

 

[marcus]

incorrect -- the reason it doesn't work is because he failed to complete
the protocol handshake.

hi,

Say I am using a Windows machine, can I use Java to programmatically
telnet
to a unix machine?
Here's what I did:

String[] cmd = new String[3];

cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "telnet unixMachine";

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

PrintWriter pr = new
PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
pr.print("username"); //print username to process
pr.print("password"); //print password to process

This doesn't seems to work. Anybody has experience with this?

Thanks in advance !!

Wilson Chew

It's a start, but you have a way to go. You will also need to use the
stdout and
stderr streams from the client and read the messages returned from the
server.
Failing to do so may result in a hang because the Process's output buffers
are full.

The immediate reaon this doesn't log in is that you forgot to send the
enter
key after the name and password. Try:
pr.print(username + "\r");
or:
pr.println(username);

Steve

 

[Chris Uppal]

incorrect -- the reason it doesn't work is because he failed to complete
the protocol handshake.

Please read the post again. For your convenience, here is the code from the
original post:

===========
String[] cmd = new String[3];

cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "telnet unixMachine";

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

PrintWriter pr = new PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
pr.print("username"); //print username to process
pr.print("password"); //print password to process
===========

You will note that he is /not/ writing anything (directly) to the network, he
is /not/ dealing with the telnet protocol, that is done (or would be done if it
worked) by the already existing telnet /program/.

-- chris

 

[Steve Horsley]

hi,

Say I am using a Windows machine, can I use Java to programmatically telnet
to a unix machine?
Here's what I did:

String[] cmd = new String[3];

cmd[0] = "cmd.exe";
cmd[1] = "/c";
cmd[2] = "telnet unixMachine";

process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);

PrintWriter pr = new PrintWriter(process.getOutputStream());
pr.print("username"); //print username to process
pr.print("password"); //print password to process

This doesn't seems to work. Anybody has experience with this?

Thanks in advance !!

Wilson Chew

You may also want to look up a package called jexpect,
http://www.joot.com/software/jexpect/

This may save you a lot of re-inventing wheels.

Steve

 

[rzaks]

Another Pet Peeve

This is a major pet peeve of mine . . .
What is the word "telnet"? What does it represent? Is it just the name
of a windows program? Hmm, could it be a protocol?

what does the word "protocol" mean? Is it a standard method of doing
something, like diplomatic protocol? An agreed standard of communication?

Hmm, maybe you should do something simple, like google "telnet protocol"
before demonstrating to any prospective employer who googles "Wilson
Chew" how blazingly inept you are at problem solving.

http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~jphb/comms/telnet.html

Then, when you see how silly rewriting an entire communications protocol
would be, try googling c.l.j.p for telnet package.

Better yet, pick up a paintbrush.

-- clh

A major pet peeve of mine is the fact that nearly every news group has a pedantic a-hole or two hanging around waiting for opportunities to toot their own horn at someone else's expense.

-rz
:adore: