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Hello everyone, I've created a UDF for basic communication with SSH servers. I know there is already such a UDF, but I wasn't satisfied with it for my purpose, so I created a new one. This UDF also acts as a wrapper for the plink executable. Its essential functions are _SSHConnect, _SSHSend, _SSHRecv and _SSHCloseSocket. It does support multiple simultaneous connections and aims to be pretty robust. Feel free to share your opinions Two of the included examples use a slightly modified version of Vintage Terminal by @Chimp Download The download includes ssh.au3 (UDF), plink.exe (necessary), vintage terminal and code examples: Version 1.0.1 - fixed rare _SSHConnect bug where "ssh-host-key prompt" was not answered SSH UDF 1.0.1.zip

I need to change user's passwords remotely for Linux devices. I was recommended using plink for achieving the same, but I am facing little issue while resetting the passwords. Sharing the command using which I change password via cmd (working): echo 'y' | plink.exe admin@X.X.X.X -pw Old-password -no-antispoof "echo -e 'Old-password\nNew-password\nNew-password'|(passwd)" > passwdChange.log When I integrated it with AutoIT, I embedded the above command in a batch file as below. @echo off echo 'y' | plink.exe %1@%2 -pw %3 -no-antispoof "echo -e '%3\n%4\n%4'|(passwd)" > passwdChange.log When I try to execute the above batch file via AutoIT Run/ShellExecute command it doesn't work properly (doesn't change password). $DOS = Run(@ComSpec & " /c "&@ScriptDir &"\chpasswd.bat "&$sUser&" "&$sIP&" "&$sOldPwd&" "&$pwd, "", @SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) Where I am going & what changes I need to make in order for this to work Thank you in advance.

I found this topic: but it doesn't seem to solve my problem. I'm trying to create a script to help my guys provision new Cisco switches for deployment. I was hoping to find a nice, easy way to send data over a serial connection (similar to TCPSend), but alas. I read a lot about mscomm32.ocx and netcomm.ocx, but there seem to be licensing issues. Plink seems to be a good bet, but my attempts at reading the output are not working. If I run plink manually, (to an unconfigured switch) I get a Switch>_ prompt. But when I run the same command here, my stdoutread loop never ends. Any way around this? #include $plink = Run(@ComSpec & " /c plink.exe -v -load serial","",@SW_HIDE,$STDIN_CHILD + $STDERR_MERGED) StdinWrite($plink,@CR) StdinWrite($plink) Local $data While True $data &= StdoutRead($plink) If @error Then ExitLoop WEnd MsgBox(0,"",$data)

Hi to all, I only am accustomed pas has posted on the forum (coz, I'm french). But I use it a lot. So first of all, thank you all to participate in the evolution of this wonderful product. Today is not one day like any other, I myself am decide has posted a UDF that I myself create and developed (there may be some bug) for some months. So here it is: This UDF allows to use the SSH protocol very easily in your code. It uses the syntax as the TCPxxx() function. Your code will be easier to convert :-). excused my English, I'm French. Example: #cs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AutoIt Version: 3.3.4.0 Author: Joseph Barone 2010-2015 Script Function: Modele pour l'utilisation de la fonction ssh (plink). #ce ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ; Script Start - Add your code below here #include #include #include #include #include #include "SSH_udf.au3" _SSHStartup() Global $butt[6] $Gui = GUICreate("SSH Console",550,400) $label1 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Adresse IP:",10,10,150,20) ; ip $input1 = GUICtrlCreateInput("",10,25,150,20) ; ip $label2 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Tcp port:",170,10,150,20) ; port $input2 = GUICtrlCreateInput("",170,25,60,20) ; port $label6 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Protocol:",240,10,40,20) ; port $input6 = GUICtrlCreateInput("ssh",240,25,60,20) ; port $butt[0] = GUICtrlCreateButton("Connect0",310,5,80,20,$BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON) $butt[1] = GUICtrlCreateButton("Connect1",390,5,80,20) $butt[2] = GUICtrlCreateButton("Connect2",470,5,80,20) $butt[3] = GUICtrlCreateButton("Connect3",310,25,80,20) $butt[4] = GUICtrlCreateButton("Connect4",390,25,80,20) $butt[5] = GUICtrlCreateButton("Connect5",470,25,80,20) $Checkbox = GUICtrlCreateCheckbox("RSA, Fingerprint, Alert AutoValidate", 330, 45, 205, 25) $label4 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Login:",10,45,150,20) ; login $input4 = GUICtrlCreateInput("",10,60,150,20) ; login $label5 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Mot de passe:",170,45,150,20) ; password $input5 = GUICtrlCreateInput("",170,60,150,20,$ES_PASSWORD) ; password $label3 = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Commande a envoyer:",10,85,150,20) ; send command $input3 = GUICtrlCreateInput("",10,100,310,20) ; send commande vers l'hote $butt2 = GUICtrlCreateButton("Send",330,100,80,20,$BS_DEFPUSHBUTTON) GUICtrlSetState($butt2,$GUI_DISABLE) $edit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("",10,130,530,260,$WS_VSCROLL);,$WS_DISABLED)) GUISetState() Global $ConnectedSocket[6] = [-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1] Global $msg, $recv, $ret ; GUI Message Loop ;============================================== While 1 $nmsg = GUIGetMsg() If $nmsg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Then ExitLoop ;;; connect part: $b = 0 While 1 If $nMsg = $butt[$b] Then If GUICtrlRead($butt[$b]) = "Connect"&$b Then _SSHParametreSet("yesall",GUICtrlRead($Checkbox)) _SSHParametreSet("protocol",GUICtrlRead($input6)) _SSHParametreSet("login",GUICtrlRead($input4)) _SSHParametreSet("passwd",GUICtrlRead($input5)) $ConnectedSocket[$b] = _SSHConnect(GUICtrlRead($input1),GUICtrlRead($input2)) If $ConnectedSocket[$b] = 0 Then MsgBox(0,"Erreur", "Impossible de ce connecter!!") Else GUICtrlSetData($butt[$b],"Close"&$b GUICtrlSetState($butt2,$GUI_ENABLE) EndIf DisplayArray($_config) ConsoleWrite("nb config:"&$_nbconf&@CRLF) Else _SSHCloseSocket($ConnectedSocket[$b]) GUICtrlSetData($butt[$b],"Connect"&$b GUICtrlSetState($butt2,$GUI_DISABLE) DisplayArray($_config) ConsoleWrite("nb config:"&$_nbconf&@CRLF) EndIf EndIf ;;; send part: If $nMsg = $butt2 Then $ret = _SSHSend( $ConnectedSocket[$b] , GUICtrlRead($input3)&@crlf) GUICtrlSetData($input3,"") GUICtrlSetState($input3,$GUI_FOCUS) EndIf ;;; receive part: $recv = _SSHRecv( $ConnectedSocket[$b]) If $recv <> "" Then GUICtrlSetData($edit, GUICtrlRead($edit) & $recv ) EndIf GUICtrlSendMsg($edit, $EM_SCROLL, $SB_PAGEDOWN, 0) $b += 1 If $b = UBound($butt) Then ExitLoop WEnd WEnd _SSHCloseSocket($ConnectedSocket) _SSHShutdown() Exit Func DisplayArray($array) $i = 0 $j = 0 if UBound($array,1) = 0 Then Return While 1 ConsoleWrite("(["&UBound($array,1)&"]["&UBound($array,2)&"]) ") While 1 ConsoleWrite("["&$j&"]"&$array[$i][$j]&" ") $j += 1 if UBound($array,2)<=$j Then ExitLoop WEnd ConsoleWrite(@CRLF) $i += 1 $j = 0 if UBound($array,1)<=$i Then ExitLoop WEnd EndFunc I join with UDF version of modified putty myself. 🙂 LoL but, it is not used with the UDF, it is included in the UDF. putty-04012015- 92453+lic.zip ssh_udf.zip New version (contains the latest version of plink (0.74) edited by http://jakub.kotrla.net/putty/) ssh_udf-v2.zip Same as the v2 but supports all putty/plink settings ssh_udf-v2.1.zip

Hey guys, I want to use Putty/Plink to connect on a remote computer via SSH because I need to execute a couple commands there. So I researched a couple days now and tried like 20 different ways to get this running but I'm still failing. Maybe a little description what my script should do: #Edit: Short version: I need to use StdoutRead to get the DOS command promt output MORE THAN ONCE! The first time is working, but I need to get this the whole time till I say stop ^^ I want to start Putty/Plink and connect via SSH on a remote computer AND I wanna check if there is anything wrong going on or not, because the next step would be the execution of an perl-script on the remote computer which is giving an output text while running. That means I'd like to be able to read out the Putty-Window/Plink-Console the whole time ... I'm actual just getting the text-output after connecting. Maybe a little example of what I'm expecting in some kind of mixed "AutoIt/Pseudo -Code": #include <Constants.au3> Local $iPID = Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\putty.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD', @ScriptDir, @SW_SHOW, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) Actual Putty-Window is popping up showing me: Using username "root". Linux COMPUTERNAME 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 23:57:18 UTC 2010 i686 To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit: http://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Mo 13. Jan 15:01:50 CET 2014 System load: 0.0 Processes: 77 Usage of /: 47.5% of 9.15GB Users logged in: 1 Memory usage: 9% IP address for eth2: HOST Swap usage: 0% Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/ Last login: Mon Jan 13 14:58:43 2014 from XXX.X.X.XXX root@COMPUTERNAME:~# Now I'd like to do ControlSend($hWindow_Putty, '', '', 'perl -w /some/dir/script.pl{ENTER}') If I'd do this on my on with Putty I'd now see something like: Using username "root". Linux COMPUTERNAME 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 23:57:18 UTC 2010 i686 To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit: http://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Mo 13. Jan 15:01:50 CET 2014 System load: 0.0 Processes: 77 Usage of /: 47.5% of 9.15GB Users logged in: 1 Memory usage: 9% IP address for eth2: HOST Swap usage: 0% Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/ Last login: Mon Jan 13 14:58:43 2014 from XXX.X.X.XXX root@COMPUTERNAME:~# perl -w some/dir/script.pl some text written by the script.pl some text written by the script.pl some text written by the script.pl root@COMPUTERNAME:~# And that's what my problem is. I need to be able to check this output of the script like "some text written by the script.pl" because I may not execute a following statement if this one didn't succeed. In my thoughts the first step should show me what I got in the first code-box above, and the second output should be perl -w some/dir/script.pl some text written by the script.pl some text written by the script.pl some text written by the script.pl root@COMPUTERNAME:~# but I dont get this working ... So I found many threads about Plink. I tried the whole thing with Plink... Local $sData = '' Local $iPID = Run('"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD', @ScriptDir, @SW_SHOW, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) While True $sData &= StdoutRead($iPID) If @error Then ExitLoop Sleep(25) WEnd ConsoleWrite("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR & _ $sData & @CR & _ "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR) I'm getting the following output: Linux COMPUTERNAME 2.6.31-22-generic-pae #63-Ubuntu SMP Wed Aug 18 23:57:18 UTC 2010 i686 To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit: http://help.ubuntu.com/ System information as of Mo 13. Jan 15:35:53 CET 2014 System load: 0.0 Processes: 77 Usage of /: 47.5% of 9.15GB Users logged in: 1 Memory usage: 9% IP address for eth2: HOST Swap usage: 0% Graph this data and manage this system at https://landscape.canonical.com/ Last login: Mon Jan 13 15:23:36 2014 from MY_IP_ADRESS In comparison to the Putty window-output I'm missing here the root@COMPUTERNAME:~# line ... anyway, I don't get this Plink thing doing more then just connecting ... no more executions I'm getting done ... I also tried something like: #RequireAdmin #include <Constants.au3> Local $sData = '' Local $iPID = ShellExecute(@ComSpec, '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD', @ScriptDir, '', @SW_SHOW) Local $hWindow = WinWait('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe', '', 5) ConsoleWrite("WinWait: " & $hWindow & @CR) If $hWindow = 0 Then Exit ConsoleWrite("WinActivate: " & WinActivate('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe') & @CR) ConsoleWrite("WinActive: " & WinActive('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe') & @CR) Sleep(1000) ConsoleWrite(ControlSend('Administrator: C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe', '', '', '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD{ENTER}') & @CR) ;StdinWrite($iPID, '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Putty\plink.exe" -ssh root@HOST:22 -pw PASSWORD' & @CRLF) ;StdinWrite($iPID) While True $sData &= StdoutRead($iPID) If @error Then ExitLoop Sleep(25) WEnd ConsoleWrite("~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR & _ $sData & @CR & _ "~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~" & @CR) but unfortunately I dont get anything out of it ... Maybe a last more example ... I found this on Stackoverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19206834/command-prompt-and-autoit-stdinwrite) Thats my code after reading that article: #include <Constants.au3> Local $data Local $pid = Run("C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe",@SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDIN_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) StdinWrite($pid,"cd C:\users\username") StdinWrite($pid,@CRLF) ;~ StdinWrite($pid) Sleep(2000) $data &= StdoutRead($pid) ConsoleWrite("Debug:" & $data & @LF) $data = '' StdinWrite($pid,"cd C:\Program Files (x86)") StdinWrite($pid,@CRLF) StdinWrite($pid) $data &= StdoutRead($pid) ConsoleWrite("Debug:" & $data & @LF) but the second output still empty... Can you guys please help me out? Thanks in advice. Regards.

Dear Autoit Forum, Before I start, I have checked the following topics, but couldn't get far enough: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> Func _PLINK_Connect($remote, $user, $password) Local $hSessionPID = Run("plink.exe -ssh " & $remote & " -l " & $user & " -pw " & $password, "", @SW_HIDE, $STDIN_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD) If @error Then MsgBox(0, "Error: xxx", "Running plink.exe under the main folder failed.") Return False EndIf Local $sLine While True ;read each line $sLine = StdoutRead($hSessionPID) ;ty_DEBUG print each line after connected If $sLine <> "" Then ConsoleWrite("Current Line Start:" & $sLine & @CRLF & "==== Current Line End" & @CRLF) If ProcessExists($hSessionPID) = 0 Then ConsoleWrite("cannot find PID" & @CRLF) Return SetError(9) ;check if connected with the given user name ElseIf StringInStr($sLine, "Using keyboard") Then ConsoleWrite("cannot login" & @CRLF) Return SetError(8) ;check if connected to remote ElseIf StringInStr($sLine, " [cdr2db] :") Then ConsoleWrite("connected to remote" & @CRLF) ExitLoop EndIf Sleep(10) WEnd Return $hSessionPID EndFunc Now i call the function: Case1: Everything is fine _PLINK_Connect("10.25.0.20", "cdr2db", "Cdr2db_1") Output: Current Line Start:Last login: Sat Sep 13 12:56:06 2014 from 10.75.58.71 ==== Current Line End Current Line Start:<101 bb1a [cdr2db] :/onip/app/cdr2db> ==== Current Line End connected to remote Case2: Another username _PLINK_Connect("10.25.0.20", "cdr2dba", "Cdr2db_1") Output: Current Line Start:Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Password: ==== Current Line End cannot login Using username "cdr2dba". Access denied Case3: Wrong password _PLINK_Connect("10.25.0.20", "cdr2db", "Cdr2db_1a") Output: Current Line Start:Using keyboard-interactive authentication. Password: ==== Current Line End cannot login Using username "cdr2db". Access denied Case4: Non-existing remote machine Output: FATAL ERROR: Network error: Connection timed out cannot find PID Now my question is that: For Case 2 and 3; my last console write says that "current line start / end" then, "cannot login". But in the output window i can find "Using username cdr2db. Access denied". So, how is that output generated? For Case 4: Even there is no output as ConsoleWrite, how the "FATAL ERROR: ..." line is generated? I would apperiate any comments on the topic. Thanks in advance.