linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Telnet including username & password

On 14May2011 12:56, vk2dot <vk2dot@tpg.com.au> wrote:
| Hi all, we run a amateur radio station VK2DOT running Slackware 11 with URONode.
| The problem is - we want to use alias or extcmd to telnet to another amateur station running Fbb, & need to include the username and password in the script.
| This will enable my BPQMail system to connect to the Linux/URONode, then telnet connect to external Fbb stations.
| Is there anybody out there know how to do this.

The "expect" command is the usual way to do this; it lets you script the
input to another command.
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