Start interactive SSH session from Python script.

Question

Hello,

I'd like to start an interactive SSH terminal from a Python script without using modules like pexpect or paramiko - I want to stick with what CentOS pre-installed Python provides me (to ease compatibility and deployment issues).

I can run commands fine using the subprocess module, but cannot get an interactive terminal. In Perl, I would just use backticks to achieve this, but am looking for the pythonic way of doing this.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

I get an interactive terminal if I use os.system('ssh [...]')

Answer 2

You could use pexpext if you want to mix interaction with automatic response

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