Re: Running ssh in Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg39901] Re: Running ssh in Mathematica
- From: atelesforos at hotmail.com (Orestis Vantzos)
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 02:36:14 -0500 (EST)
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Use RunThrough and provide the password as a second argument. Unfortunately, I cannot try this as I don't have a Linux box. Hope it helps, Orestis Sirko Straube <straube at biologie.uni-freiburg.de> wrote in message news:<b4gjui$a6m$1 at smc.vnet.net>... > Hi, > > I am trying to run ssh (with background-option -f) from within > Mathematica 4.2 to start a program on a remote computer, which I need. > The command I use is: > > Run["ssh -X -f username at machinename.de execute-command"] > > If there is no password check of ssh, there is no problem, but if ssh is > asking for a password, this is prompted to the console from which > mathematica was started and the kernel has a hang up, because ssh is not > able to finish. > I know I managed mathematica to open a small interactive window, in > which you could enter the password, and so it worked, but I am not able > to reproduce this, although I've changed nothing in my configuration. > Can you tell me, if it is possible to run ssh from within Mathematica > with a password check. > > I am thankful for help > > Sirko Straube > > P.S.: I am using ssh-Version: OpenSSH_3.4p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, > OpenSSL 0x0090602f