Is there some reason you need to rlogin? Can't you just rsh the application - something like. xhost krypton ; rsh krypton 'DISPLAY=blah:0.0 sunapp' Note that you would need to set up .rhosts on the sunapp machine, but it is better than transmitting your password in plaintext across the net. Of course ssh is obviously better if available. Andrew Nemchenko wrote: > > Yes I do have expect available, and I could use it, so if you can write it in expect.. > The reason that I dont use ssh, is because I dont want to set it up on every machine. > While using a script like this, is fast and easy. Also I'm not worried about security > since all these machines are on internal lan. Using ssh would just be too much of a > hasle. > > Jim Crumley wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:34:51AM +0100, Andrew Nemchenko wrote: > > > > > > I need a script that would do this for me: > > > > > > xhost krypton > > > rlogin krypton > > > (enter login name) > > > (enter password) > > > export DISPLAY=my_ip_goes_here:0.0 > > > sunapp(an application that I need to run) > > > > > > if some one could please write a script that can do this for me I would really > > > apreciate it. I could probably do it my self but I left my bash book at home, and > > > dont want to puts around the man pages. > > > > Any particular reason not to use ssh? With ssh properly setup, > > all you'd have to do is "ssh kryton sunapp". (Of course, you > > may not have perms to setup ssh.) > > > > Anyway, to do this right, you probably want to expect, instead of > > bash. That's because entering login names and passwords requires > > waiting till you're prompted for them. That's a pain to do with > > regualr shells, but its expects bread and butter. So, do you > > have expect available? I'd write the script, if you do. > > > > -- > > Jim Crumley | > > crumley at fields.space.umn.edu | > > Work: 612 624-6804 or -0378 | > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $8.99/mo! ------