Mastering Python for Networking and Security

Running a command on a remote SSH server

This example imports the getpass module, which will prompt the host, user, and password, establish the connection, and run some commands on a remote server.

You can find the following code in the filename: pxsshConnection.py:

import pxsshimport getpasstry:     connection = pxssh.pxssh()    hostname = input('hostname: ')    username = input('username: ')    password = getpass.getpass('password: ')    connection.login (hostname, username, password)    connection.sendline ('ls -l')    connection.prompt()    print(connection.before)    connection.sendline ('df')    connection.prompt()    print(connection.before)    connection.logout()except pxssh.ExceptionPxssh as e:    print("pxssh failed on login.")    print(str(e))

We can create specific methods ...