PuTTY scripting to log onto host

Question

I\'m using PuTTY to remotely log onto my school\'s host. Upon logging in, we are required to do these steps:

1. enter username
2. enter password
3. comman

Answer 1

Figured this out with the help of a friend. The -m PuTTY option will end your session immediately after it executes the shell file. What I've done instead is I've created a batch script called putty.bat with these contents on my Windows machine:

@echo off
putty -load "host" -l username -pw password

This logs me in remotely to the Linux host. On the host side, I created a shell file called sql with these contents:

#!/bin/tcsh

add oracle10g
sqlplus username password

My host's Linux build used tcsh. Other Linux builds might use bash, so simply replace tcsh with bash and you should be fine.

To summarize, automating these steps are now done in two easy steps:

1. Double-click putty.bat. This opens PuTTY and logs me into the host.
2. Run command tcsh sql. This adds the oracle tool to my host, and logs me into the sql database.