#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Net::OpenSSH; use Expect; select STDOUT; $| = 1; select STDERR; $| = 1; my $password = $ARGV[0]; my $timeout = 20; my $debug = 0; my $ssh = Net::OpenSSH->new('test@127.0.0.1', password => $password); # my ($pty, $pid) = $ssh->open2pty("sudo cat /etc/shadow") # After a successful sudo operation, it doesn't request the password # again until some time after, handling this undeterministic behaviour # is a pain in the ass, so we just clear any cached credentials # calling "sudo -k" first as follows: my ($pty, $pid) = $ssh->open2pty("sudo -k; sudo cat /etc/shadow") or die "open2pty failed: " . $ssh->error . "\n"; my $expect = Expect->init($pty); $expect->raw_pty(1); $debug and $expect->log_user(1); $debug and print "waiting for password prompt\n"; $expect->expect($timeout, ':') or die "expect failed\n"; $debug and print "prompt seen\n"; $expect->send("$password\n"); $debug and print "password sent\n"; $expect->expect($timeout, "\n") or die "bad password\n"; $debug and print "password ok\n"; while(<$pty>) { print "$. $_" }