Module TelnetClient

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Classes

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TelnetClientProtocol
State-machine-based class for telnet

TelnetClient
Reactor code to start communications and invoke our telnet transport mechanism.

FakePlugin
Fake class to provide plugin instances for command-line processing.

Functions

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check(hostname)
Check to see if a device supports telnet

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buildOptions(parser=None, usage=None)
Command-line telnet options

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list of FakePlugins

commandsToPlugins(commands)
The TelntClient class expects plugins.

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main()
Test harness main()

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Variables

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__doc__ = """TelnetCli...

log = logging.getLogger("zen.TelnetClient")

defaultPromptTimeout = 10

defaultLoginRegex = 'ogin:.$'

defaultPasswordRegex = 'assword:'

defaultEnable = False

defaultTermLength = False

responseMap = "WILL", "WONT", "DO", "DONT"

Function Details

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check(hostname)

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Check to see if a device supports telnet

Parameters:

hostname (string) - name or IP address of device

Returns: integer

whether or not telnet port is available

To Do: support alternate ports

commandsToPlugins(commands)

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The TelntClient class expects plugins. Convert commands like 'ls a', 'ls b' to plugin instances. Duplicate commands will (eventually) be removed. This is used to support command-line arguments.

Parameters:

commands (list of strings) - list of commands from command-line

Returns: list of FakePlugins

list of commands, plugin-style

main()

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Test harness main()

Usage:

python TelnetClient.py hostname[:port] comand [command]

Each command must be enclosed in quotes (") to be interpreted properly as a complete unit.

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doc

Value:

"""TelnetClient

TelnetClient is used by TelnetClient to issue commands to a machine
and return their output over the telnet protocol.

Device Tree Parameters are:

zTelnetLoginTries - number of times to try login default: 1
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