Re: Control Putty from another process [patch]

From: Simon Tatham (anakin_at_pobox.com)
Date: 05/08/03 

Date: 08 May 2003 15:28:12 +0100 (BST)

Peter Åstrand <peter@cendio.se> wrote:
> I've been trying to find a good solution for controlling Putty (or
> plink, really) from another application. I've selected anonymous pipes
> as IPC mechanism, and modified Putty to use a simple, machine-parsable,
> text-based protocol, instead of the normal user-friendly messages.

What's the real advantage of this mechanism?

Plink already offers ways to avoid most of the interactive prompts;
you avoid the host key prompt by already having the correct host key
in the registry, and by specifying -batch to avoid your process
hanging if it changes. You avoid the password prompt by setting up
PK authentication (or using -pw if you really must), and so on.

I'd prefer to fix any remaining problems in this area than to set up
an entirely new way around them... Is there something you're trying
to do here that fundamentally _can't_ be done using (things like)
the existing mechanisms? 

-- 
Simon Tatham         "The voices in my head are trying to ignore me.
<anakin@pobox.com>    But if I keep talking, I can drive them insane."

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