Vista - paaing variables from script to plink cmd

10-06-2008

Hi

I've been working on a script that takes information from a HTA screen
and then uses them as variables to run a plink command. The user input
would be device to connect too, password and command to run once
connected and then output a file with the results of the chosen
command. The plink command format is cmd /c -n|plink
administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command to run. I am able to
get the required variables but unable to figure out how to pass it too
plink. I have tried having it call a bat file called plink.bat with
the variables on the call e.g plink.bat var1 var2 var3 , the batfile
consists of the command above as cmd /c -n|plink administrator@%1 -pw
%2 %3. Anyone have suggestions? i tried searching thru this group and
checked the putty website for hints but i must be missing something.

Thanks

10-07-2008

On Oct 6, 9:05*pm, samas...@xxxxxx wrote:

Quote:

> Hi
>
> I've been working on a script that takes information from a HTA screen
> and then uses them as variables to run a plink command. The user input
> would be device to connect too, password and command to run once
> connected and then output a file with the results of the chosen
> command. The plink command format is cmd /c -n|plink
> administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command to run. I am able to
> get the required variables but unable to figure out how to pass it too
> plink. I have tried having it call a bat file called plink.bat with
> the variables on the call e.g plink.bat var1 var2 var3 , the batfile
> consists of the command above as cmd /c -n|plink administrator@%1 -pw
> %2 %3. Anyone have suggestions? i tried searching thru this group and
> checked the putty website for hints but i must be missing something.
>
> Thanks

I don't know 'plink', but the command line you indicate ...

cmd /c -n|plink administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command to run

is suspect. It seems to start with a command line switch of -n for
the CMD.exe processor in the place where a command string should be.
This is then piped into the plink application, which makes no sense to
me. Can you explain its intended purpose? My guess is that it is out
of place and the line should read something like ...

cmd /c plink administrator@xxxxxx -n name -pw password command to run

Oh, wait, I see it now - you want to pipe the "-n" string into the
command. If that's right, then you need to add an ECHO, as in ...

cmd /c echo -n|plink administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command
to run

If you can get the line correctly concatenated from the variables with
the proper spaces, that should solve your problem.

Tom Lavedas
===========
http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/

10-07-2008

Tom

Thanks for the info, actually i had something close to what you wrote,
i was trying to recal from memory the exact wording of the plink
command and i guessed wrong. I actually had to rewrite the script due
to user's needing to be prompted for the server's security key if they
had never connected to the box before. This is what i have now but i
am still not getting it. I've only been doing this for about a month
and still learning.

<html>
<head>
<title>.::HP Enclosure Scan Tool::.</title>

<HTA:APPLICATION
ID="HP Enclosure Scan Tool"
APPLICATIONNAME="HP Enclosure Scan Tool"
SCROLL="No"
SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
WINDOWSTATE="maximize"

</head>

<SCRIPT Language="VBScript">

Sub Window_Onload
self.Focus()
self.ResizeTo 700,500
self.MoveTo 200,100
End sub

srvOA = ""
srvUser = "administrator"
srvpwd = ""

Sub RunScript
oas=DropDown1.Value
End Sub

Sub plinkcmd( srvOA )
Auth = "True"
plinkcmd = plink & " -ssh -batch " _
& srvOA & " -l " _
& srvUser & " -pw " _
& srvpwd & " -P " _
& " oas "

on error goto 0
Set objCmd = WshShell.Exec( "%COMSPEC% /c " & plinkcmd )

Do While objCmd.Status = 0
objValidation = objCmd.stdErr.ReadAll
wscript.sleep 100
Loop

if Instr( objValidation , "Access denied" ) > 0 Then
WshShell.Popup "Access Denied on " & Computer, 5, "Error"
Auth = "invalid credentials"
PromptUser()
Elseif Instr( objValidation , "Unable to open connection" ) > 0
Then
WshShell.Popup "Unable to open connection on " & srvOA,5 ,
"Error"

Elseif Instr( objValidation, "key fingerprint" ) > 0 Then
Answer = WshShell.Popup ( srvOA & " key not present in
registry" & vbcrlf _
& "Do you want to open a interactive putty
session ?" & vbcrlf _
& "Notice: it's only necessary to answer yes
when" & vbcrlf _
& "prompted by plink and then press Ctrl-C to
exit plink and continue", , "Error", vbOkCancel + vbQuestion )
if Answer = vbok Then
WshShell.Run( LocalDir & "plink " & srvOA ),1,true
Auth = "False"
Else
WshShell.Run( "cmd /c echo " & srvOA & " key not present;
%date%;%time%>> " & chr(34) & NoServerKey & chr(34) ),0,true
Auth = "True"
End if
Else
wscript.echo "Logged on " & srvOA
End if
End Sub

</SCRIPT>

<style>
body
{
background-color: buttonface;
font-family: Helvetica;
font-size: 12pt;
margin-top: 2px;
margin-left: 8px;
margin-right: 3px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
}
</style>

<body STYLE="
filterrogidXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient
(GradientType=1, StartColorStr='#CCCCCC', EndColorStr='#FFFFFF')">
<H2 align="center">HP Enclosure Scan Tool</H2>
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 565px;
height: 104px">
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="height: 30px">
Input Enclosure:</td>
<td valign="top" style="height: 30px">
Admin Password:</td>
<td valign="top" style="height: 30px">
Select Command to Run:</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;">
<input type="text" id="srvOA" name="srvOA" value="" size="15" /> 
</td>

<td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;">
<input type="text" id="srvpwd" name="srvpwd" value="" size="15" /

Quote:

> 

</td>

<td valign="top" style="width: 289px">
<select size="1" name="DropDown1" onChange="RunScript">
<option value="0"></option>
<option value="show rack name"> "show rack name" </option>
<option value="show enclosure info"> "show enclosure info" </option>
<option value="show oa status"> "show oa status" </option>
<option value="show power"> "show power" </option>
<option value="show interconnect port map all"> "show interconnect
port map all" </option>
<option value="show server info all"> "show server info all" </option>
<option value="show enclosure temp"> "show enclosure temp" </option>
<option value="show server temp all"> "show server temp all" </option>
</select></td>
<td valign="top" style="width: 284px">
</tr>
</table>
<input id=runbutton class="button" type="button" value="Run Button"
name="run_button" onClick="plinkcmd">
</body>
</html>

11-08-2008

Hi all,

If you are refering to plink from putty, then the following might be useful
to you.

I first did an interactive login to the server using Putty. This I think
stores the private keys on my system

cd \Prog*
cd putty
plink -ssh -l <myusername> -pw <mypassword> <myhost> ./myshellscript&
exit

The following command also works from dos prompt

set myuser=<myusername>
set mypass=<mypassword>
cmd /c "plink -ssh -l %myuser% -pw %mypass% <myhost> <mylinuxshellcmd>"

I use the folloing the link to look up the putty/plink related
documentation. Might be useful to you.

http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.58/htmldoc/

thanks.
Sadanand

-
Sadanand

"samash40@xxxxxx" wrote:

Quote:

> Tom
>
> Thanks for the info, actually i had something close to what you wrote,
> i was trying to recal from memory the exact wording of the plink
> command and i guessed wrong. I actually had to rewrite the script due
> to user's needing to be prompted for the server's security key if they
> had never connected to the box before. This is what i have now but i
> am still not getting it. I've only been doing this for about a month
> and still learning.
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title>.::HP Enclosure Scan Tool::.</title>
>
> <HTA:APPLICATION
> ID="HP Enclosure Scan Tool"
> APPLICATIONNAME="HP Enclosure Scan Tool"
> SCROLL="No"
> SINGLEINSTANCE="yes"
> WINDOWSTATE="maximize"
>
> </head>
>
> <SCRIPT Language="VBScript">
>
> Sub Window_Onload
> self.Focus()
> self.ResizeTo 700,500
> self.MoveTo 200,100
> End sub
>
> srvOA = ""
> srvUser = "administrator"
> srvpwd = ""
>
>
> Sub RunScript
> oas=DropDown1.Value
> End Sub
>
> Sub plinkcmd( srvOA )
> Auth = "True"
> plinkcmd = plink & " -ssh -batch " _
> & srvOA & " -l " _
> & srvUser & " -pw " _
> & srvpwd & " -P " _
> & " oas "
>
> on error goto 0
> Set objCmd = WshShell.Exec( "%COMSPEC% /c " & plinkcmd )
>
> Do While objCmd.Status = 0
> objValidation = objCmd.stdErr.ReadAll
> wscript.sleep 100
> Loop
>
> if Instr( objValidation , "Access denied" ) > 0 Then
> WshShell.Popup "Access Denied on " & Computer, 5, "Error"
> Auth = "invalid credentials"
> PromptUser()
> Elseif Instr( objValidation , "Unable to open connection" ) > 0
> Then
> WshShell.Popup "Unable to open connection on " & srvOA,5 ,
> "Error"
>
> Elseif Instr( objValidation, "key fingerprint" ) > 0 Then
> Answer = WshShell.Popup ( srvOA & " key not present in
> registry" & vbcrlf _
> & "Do you want to open a interactive putty
> session ?" & vbcrlf _
> & "Notice: it's only necessary to answer yes
> when" & vbcrlf _
> & "prompted by plink and then press Ctrl-C to
> exit plink and continue", , "Error", vbOkCancel + vbQuestion )
> if Answer = vbok Then
> WshShell.Run( LocalDir & "plink " & srvOA ),1,true
> Auth = "False"
> Else
> WshShell.Run( "cmd /c echo " & srvOA & " key not present;
> %date%;%time%>> " & chr(34) & NoServerKey & chr(34) ),0,true
> Auth = "True"
> End if
> Else
> wscript.echo "Logged on " & srvOA
> End if
> End Sub
>
> </SCRIPT>
>
> <style>
> body
> {
> background-color: buttonface;
> font-family: Helvetica;
> font-size: 12pt;
> margin-top: 2px;
> margin-left: 8px;
> margin-right: 3px;
> margin-bottom: 3px;
> }
> </style>
>
> <body STYLE="
> filterrogidXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient
> (GradientType=1, StartColorStr='#CCCCCC', EndColorStr='#FFFFFF')">
> <H2 align="center">HP Enclosure Scan Tool</H2>
> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 565px;
> height: 104px">
> <tr>
> <td valign="top" style="height: 30px">
> Input Enclosure:</td>
> <td valign="top" style="height: 30px">
> Admin Password:</td>
> <td valign="top" style="height: 30px">
> Select Command to Run:</td>
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;">
> <input type="text" id="srvOA" name="srvOA" value="" size="15" />
> </td>
>
> <td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;">
> <input type="text" id="srvpwd" name="srvpwd" value="" size="15" /

Quote:

> >

> </td>
>
> <td valign="top" style="width: 289px">
> <select size="1" name="DropDown1" onChange="RunScript">
> <option value="0"></option>
> <option value="show rack name"> "show rack name" </option>
> <option value="show enclosure info"> "show enclosure info" </option>
> <option value="show oa status"> "show oa status" </option>
> <option value="show power"> "show power" </option>
> <option value="show interconnect port map all"> "show interconnect
> port map all" </option>
> <option value="show server info all"> "show server info all" </option>
> <option value="show enclosure temp"> "show enclosure temp" </option>
> <option value="show server temp all"> "show server temp all" </option>
> </select></td>
> <td valign="top" style="width: 284px">
> </tr>
> </table>
> <input id=runbutton class="button" type="button" value="Run Button"
> name="run_button" onClick="plinkcmd">
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
>
>

10-06-2008	#1 (permalink)
samash40 n/a posts	paaing variables from script to plink cmd Hi I've been working on a script that takes information from a HTA screen and then uses them as variables to run a plink command. The user input would be device to connect too, password and command to run once connected and then output a file with the results of the chosen command. The plink command format is cmd /c -n\|plink administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command to run. I am able to get the required variables but unable to figure out how to pass it too plink. I have tried having it call a bat file called plink.bat with the variables on the call e.g plink.bat var1 var2 var3 , the batfile consists of the command above as cmd /c -n\|plink administrator@%1 -pw %2 %3. Anyone have suggestions? i tried searching thru this group and checked the putty website for hints but i must be missing something. Thanks
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10-07-2008	#2 (permalink)
Tom Lavedas n/a posts	Re: paaing variables from script to plink cmd On Oct 6, 9:05*pm, samas...@xxxxxx wrote: Quote: > Hi > > I've been working on a script that takes information from a HTA screen > and then uses them as variables to run a plink command. The user input > would be device to connect too, password and command to run once > connected and then output a file with the results of the chosen > command. The plink command format is cmd /c -n\|plink > administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command to run. I am able to > get the required variables but unable to figure out how to pass it too > plink. I have tried having it call a bat file called plink.bat with > the variables on the call e.g plink.bat var1 var2 var3 , the batfile > consists of the command above as cmd /c -n\|plink administrator@%1 -pw > %2 %3. Anyone have suggestions? i tried searching thru this group and > checked the putty website for hints but i must be missing something. > > Thanks I don't know 'plink', but the command line you indicate ... cmd /c -n\|plink administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command to run is suspect. It seems to start with a command line switch of -n for the CMD.exe processor in the place where a command string should be. This is then piped into the plink application, which makes no sense to me. Can you explain its intended purpose? My guess is that it is out of place and the line should read something like ... cmd /c plink administrator@xxxxxx -n name -pw password command to run Oh, wait, I see it now - you want to pipe the "-n" string into the command. If that's right, then you need to add an ECHO, as in ... cmd /c echo -n\|plink administrator@xxxxxx name -pw password command to run If you can get the line correctly concatenated from the variables with the proper spaces, that should solve your problem. Tom Lavedas =========== http://members.cox.net/tglbatch/wsh/
My System Specs

10-07-2008	#3 (permalink)
samash40 n/a posts	Re: paaing variables from script to plink cmd Tom Thanks for the info, actually i had something close to what you wrote, i was trying to recal from memory the exact wording of the plink command and i guessed wrong. I actually had to rewrite the script due to user's needing to be prompted for the server's security key if they had never connected to the box before. This is what i have now but i am still not getting it. I've only been doing this for about a month and still learning. <html> <head> <title>.::HP Enclosure Scan Tool::.</title> <HTA:APPLICATION ID="HP Enclosure Scan Tool" APPLICATIONNAME="HP Enclosure Scan Tool" SCROLL="No" SINGLEINSTANCE="yes" WINDOWSTATE="maximize" </head> <SCRIPT Language="VBScript"> Sub Window_Onload self.Focus() self.ResizeTo 700,500 self.MoveTo 200,100 End sub srvOA = "" srvUser = "administrator" srvpwd = "" Sub RunScript oas=DropDown1.Value End Sub Sub plinkcmd( srvOA ) Auth = "True" plinkcmd = plink & " -ssh -batch " _ & srvOA & " -l " _ & srvUser & " -pw " _ & srvpwd & " -P " _ & " oas " on error goto 0 Set objCmd = WshShell.Exec( "%COMSPEC% /c " & plinkcmd ) Do While objCmd.Status = 0 objValidation = objCmd.stdErr.ReadAll wscript.sleep 100 Loop if Instr( objValidation , "Access denied" ) > 0 Then WshShell.Popup "Access Denied on " & Computer, 5, "Error" Auth = "invalid credentials" PromptUser() Elseif Instr( objValidation , "Unable to open connection" ) > 0 Then WshShell.Popup "Unable to open connection on " & srvOA,5 , "Error" Elseif Instr( objValidation, "key fingerprint" ) > 0 Then Answer = WshShell.Popup ( srvOA & " key not present in registry" & vbcrlf _ & "Do you want to open a interactive putty session ?" & vbcrlf _ & "Notice: it's only necessary to answer yes when" & vbcrlf _ & "prompted by plink and then press Ctrl-C to exit plink and continue", , "Error", vbOkCancel + vbQuestion ) if Answer = vbok Then WshShell.Run( LocalDir & "plink " & srvOA ),1,true Auth = "False" Else WshShell.Run( "cmd /c echo " & srvOA & " key not present; %date%;%time%>> " & chr(34) & NoServerKey & chr(34) ),0,true Auth = "True" End if Else wscript.echo "Logged on " & srvOA End if End Sub </SCRIPT> <style> body { background-color: buttonface; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 2px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 3px; margin-bottom: 3px; } </style> <body STYLE=" filterrogidXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient (GradientType=1, StartColorStr='#CCCCCC', EndColorStr='#FFFFFF')"> <H2 align="center">HP Enclosure Scan Tool</H2> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 565px; height: 104px"> <tr> <td valign="top" style="height: 30px"> Input Enclosure:</td> <td valign="top" style="height: 30px"> Admin Password:</td> <td valign="top" style="height: 30px"> Select Command to Run:</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;"> <input type="text" id="srvOA" name="srvOA" value="" size="15" />  </td> <td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;"> <input type="text" id="srvpwd" name="srvpwd" value="" size="15" / Quote: >  </td> <td valign="top" style="width: 289px"> <select size="1" name="DropDown1" onChange="RunScript"> <option value="0"></option> <option value="show rack name"> "show rack name" </option> <option value="show enclosure info"> "show enclosure info" </option> <option value="show oa status"> "show oa status" </option> <option value="show power"> "show power" </option> <option value="show interconnect port map all"> "show interconnect port map all" </option> <option value="show server info all"> "show server info all" </option> <option value="show enclosure temp"> "show enclosure temp" </option> <option value="show server temp all"> "show server temp all" </option> </select></td> <td valign="top" style="width: 284px"> </tr> </table> <input id=runbutton class="button" type="button" value="Run Button" name="run_button" onClick="plinkcmd"> </body> </html>
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11-08-2008	#4 (permalink)
Sadanand Karve n/a posts	Re: paaing variables from script to plink cmd Hi all, If you are refering to plink from putty, then the following might be useful to you. I first did an interactive login to the server using Putty. This I think stores the private keys on my system cd \Prog* cd putty plink -ssh -l <myusername> -pw <mypassword> <myhost> ./myshellscript& exit The following command also works from dos prompt set myuser=<myusername> set mypass=<mypassword> cmd /c "plink -ssh -l %myuser% -pw %mypass% <myhost> <mylinuxshellcmd>" I use the folloing the link to look up the putty/plink related documentation. Might be useful to you. http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.58/htmldoc/ thanks. Sadanand - Sadanand "samash40@xxxxxx" wrote: Quote: > Tom > > Thanks for the info, actually i had something close to what you wrote, > i was trying to recal from memory the exact wording of the plink > command and i guessed wrong. I actually had to rewrite the script due > to user's needing to be prompted for the server's security key if they > had never connected to the box before. This is what i have now but i > am still not getting it. I've only been doing this for about a month > and still learning. > > <html> > <head> > <title>.::HP Enclosure Scan Tool::.</title> > > <HTA:APPLICATION > ID="HP Enclosure Scan Tool" > APPLICATIONNAME="HP Enclosure Scan Tool" > SCROLL="No" > SINGLEINSTANCE="yes" > WINDOWSTATE="maximize" > > </head> > > <SCRIPT Language="VBScript"> > > Sub Window_Onload > self.Focus() > self.ResizeTo 700,500 > self.MoveTo 200,100 > End sub > > srvOA = "" > srvUser = "administrator" > srvpwd = "" > > > Sub RunScript > oas=DropDown1.Value > End Sub > > Sub plinkcmd( srvOA ) > Auth = "True" > plinkcmd = plink & " -ssh -batch " _ > & srvOA & " -l " _ > & srvUser & " -pw " _ > & srvpwd & " -P " _ > & " oas " > > on error goto 0 > Set objCmd = WshShell.Exec( "%COMSPEC% /c " & plinkcmd ) > > Do While objCmd.Status = 0 > objValidation = objCmd.stdErr.ReadAll > wscript.sleep 100 > Loop > > if Instr( objValidation , "Access denied" ) > 0 Then > WshShell.Popup "Access Denied on " & Computer, 5, "Error" > Auth = "invalid credentials" > PromptUser() > Elseif Instr( objValidation , "Unable to open connection" ) > 0 > Then > WshShell.Popup "Unable to open connection on " & srvOA,5 , > "Error" > > Elseif Instr( objValidation, "key fingerprint" ) > 0 Then > Answer = WshShell.Popup ( srvOA & " key not present in > registry" & vbcrlf _ > & "Do you want to open a interactive putty > session ?" & vbcrlf _ > & "Notice: it's only necessary to answer yes > when" & vbcrlf _ > & "prompted by plink and then press Ctrl-C to > exit plink and continue", , "Error", vbOkCancel + vbQuestion ) > if Answer = vbok Then > WshShell.Run( LocalDir & "plink " & srvOA ),1,true > Auth = "False" > Else > WshShell.Run( "cmd /c echo " & srvOA & " key not present; > %date%;%time%>> " & chr(34) & NoServerKey & chr(34) ),0,true > Auth = "True" > End if > Else > wscript.echo "Logged on " & srvOA > End if > End Sub > > </SCRIPT> > > <style> > body > { > background-color: buttonface; > font-family: Helvetica; > font-size: 12pt; > margin-top: 2px; > margin-left: 8px; > margin-right: 3px; > margin-bottom: 3px; > } > </style> > > <body STYLE=" > filterrogidXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient > (GradientType=1, StartColorStr='#CCCCCC', EndColorStr='#FFFFFF')"> > <H2 align="center">HP Enclosure Scan Tool</H2> > <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width: 565px; > height: 104px"> > <tr> > <td valign="top" style="height: 30px"> > Input Enclosure:</td> > <td valign="top" style="height: 30px"> > Admin Password:</td> > <td valign="top" style="height: 30px"> > Select Command to Run:</td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;"> > <input type="text" id="srvOA" name="srvOA" value="" size="15" /> > </td> > > <td valign="top" style="width: 284px; height: 15px;"> > <input type="text" id="srvpwd" name="srvpwd" value="" size="15" / Quote: > > > </td> > > <td valign="top" style="width: 289px"> > <select size="1" name="DropDown1" onChange="RunScript"> > <option value="0"></option> > <option value="show rack name"> "show rack name" </option> > <option value="show enclosure info"> "show enclosure info" </option> > <option value="show oa status"> "show oa status" </option> > <option value="show power"> "show power" </option> > <option value="show interconnect port map all"> "show interconnect > port map all" </option> > <option value="show server info all"> "show server info all" </option> > <option value="show enclosure temp"> "show enclosure temp" </option> > <option value="show server temp all"> "show server temp all" </option> > </select></td> > <td valign="top" style="width: 284px"> > </tr> > </table> > <input id=runbutton class="button" type="button" value="Run Button" > name="run_button" onClick="plinkcmd"> > </body> > </html> > > > >
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