Subj : Telgate
To : Lab Rat
From : echicken
Date : Thu Sep 19 2013 04:16 pm
Re: Telgate
By: Lab Rat to All on Thu Sep 19 2013 17:33:37
LR> I was just wondering if it was possible to use Telgate to connect to
LR> another BBS and also log in using a predefined user name and password
LR> before allowing access to the user?
Probably not exactly what you're looking for, but a while ago I added the
TG_SENDPASS flag for a similar purpose. Usage is:
bbs.telnet_gate(hostname, TG_RLOGIN|TG_SENDPASS);
This opens an rlogin session with 'hostname', sending the username and password
of the currently logged-in user. For this to work, the remote system needs to
be ready to accept that username & password combo.
I do see a bbs.change_user method in the docs, which I've never used. You
might be able to call it prior to calling bbs.telnet_gate, switching to a user
whose credentials are known to be valid on the remote system (then again
afterward to switch back.) Of course, I might be misinterpreting what this
method does, or the extent to which it does it.
