Telnet connection

[qwerty123dert]

Hi,

you can implement a telnet connection with the current ssh, to login in network's system ?

thanks.

[liftoff]

I just pushed a commit that adds support for the telnet protocol to ssh_connect.py. I also added support for telnet:// URLs to the Bookmarks plugin. So you can bookmark them too.

I might add a couple other text-based protocols while I'm at it. Any recommendations?

[qwerty123dert]

My need was only telnet.
So will you upload the recompiled ssh_connect.py and simply replace it in the directory? What is the procedure to do?

Thanks

[liftoff]

The proper procedure is to update your code with the latest from Github (or download the tarball) and then run "sudo python setup.py install" inside the GateOne directory. ssh_connect.py was only a small part of what I had to change to enable telnet support so you'll definitely need all the updates.

Also an FYI: The latest commit doesn't have that 'Protocol [ssh]' line anymore (it was unnecessary complexity) so if you want to use telnet you must use the telnet:// URL format (e.g. 'telnet://hostname').

[qwerty123dert]

Great! I'll try right away.
Thanks to the availability and kindness shown.

[qwerty123dert]

Hi,

i have a problem with the shown prompt.
I noticed the following issues:
pressing the enter key the "switch1#" don't go down as they normally with a telnet session.
The space bar does not work.
The imput command are not shown (but if you press the enter key the command is accepted).

tanks for all.
regards.

[liftoff]

What browser are you using? Also, what do you mean "pressing the enter key the 'switch1#' don't go down"? I have no idea what you mean by 'switch1#'.

[liftoff]

I've created a session playback of myself using telnet to login to my local workstation... All the keyboard keys appear to work (in Chrome anyway). You can view it here:

http://www.box.com/s/isb20ef5lp443qs825yr

[qwerty123dert]

Hi, tanks for the fast response.

My 'switch1#' is your "riskable@portarisk:~ $" and I mean, when I press the enter key, the prompt should not be a line down.
My browsers are chome and firefox (last version naturally), and I have the same problems with both said first.

I saw your video where everything works, but I do not feel that way.

tanks for all, very kind.
regards.

[liftoff]

I recently spent some time trying to reproduce this issue and I think I might have fixed it in the latest release... It might have been a bug in Terminal.resize(). It gets called at various points in the process of using Gate One (because setting the terminal size is a fickle thing) and when this happens the margins get reset. If what you were connecting to set the margins a certain way it is possible that was the cause of your problem.

Please pull the latest code and give it a try. If it still doesn't fix the issue then I'm going to need more information about what it is that you're connecting to and what, if any, special escape sequences it might be sending to Gate One (escape sequence bugs are a big pain because they can be difficult to reproduce).

Also, if you run Gate One like so: "./gateone.py --session_logging=True" ...and send me the resulting .golog file (it's a record of your session) I can take a look at it. It would immediately reveal if there's some escape sequence bug at play.

[qwerty123dert]

hi

I tested but i have the same results....
I have logged the session but, where i can find the .golog file?

[liftoff]

Somehow I missed your message... The .golog files are stored in /opt/gateone/users//logs by default. If you haven't enabled authentication the [username] will be ANONYMOUS.

So just connect to Gate One, reproduce the issue, then send me the newest .golog from that directory. You can verify it's the correct one using the Log Viewer in Gate One or using the logviewer.py script like so:

./logviewer.py /opt/gateone/users/[username]/logs/[the file].golog

Once I get that .golog I'll be able to play back precisely what was output programmatically in the terminal emulator (terminal.py). I can step through it character by character to figure out where--if any--there's a bug. That's how I usually have to fix things like this because the documentation on VT-style terminals is a mess (not detailed enough, too detailed, or just plain wrong).

[qwerty123dert]

Hi

in the directory /opt/gateone/ there is no the directory /users/logs.
And if i try di find *.golog in the system, there in no results.

P.S i have run the command "./gateone.py --session_logging=True"

[liftoff]

When you run Gate One it should automatically create the users directory. Here's what my log path looks like:

root@portarisk:/opt/gateone/users/ANONYMOUS/logs # ls
20120221090955102040.golog  20120221115733308370.golog  20120221161318089161.golog  20120223112855715470.golog  20120225145302309752.golog  20120225153219293089.golog  20120225153223879831.golog  20120228120527474463.golog

Can you copy & paste your server.conf into this ticket?

Also, I need to know your browser, OS version, and what OS you're running Gate One on. Once I have that information I can setup a test environment to replicate your situation.

You should also download my latest commit, blow away your /opt/gateone directory, and re-install. There might be something that didn't get installed properly as a result of your manual "setup_dir" workaround (which isn't necessary with the latest commit).

[liftoff]

I just noticed that my recent commit is broken... So don't grab it. LOL. I'll fix it later today.

[qwerty123dert]

OK will wait

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I just noticed that my recent commit is broken... So don't grab it. LOL.
I'll fix it later today.

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[liftoff]

You can try it now... I just pushed Gate One 1.0 :)

[qwerty123dert]

I just tried but at the command telnet://x.x.x.x i have this:

Got Exception trying to run openssh_connect: sequence item 4: expected string, int found
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/opt/gateone/plugins/ssh/scripts/ssh_connect.py", line 758, in
telnet_connect(user, host, port)
File "/opt/gateone/plugins/ssh/scripts/ssh_connect.py", line 453, in telnet_connect
cmd=" ".join(args),
TypeError: sequence item 4: expected string, int found
Please open up a new issue at https://github.com/liftoff/GateOne/issues and paste the above information.

[Desmodue]

Hi

Think I have found the issue for this error.
ssh_connect.py script.

Line 453 is trying to join the args, join only accepts strings. port is an integer (int ) as set on line 411.
On line 432 args is populated

args = [host, port]

So, change this line to:-

args = [host, str(port)]

It then works :)

Now I just need to get it to emulate a Wyse 50 .

[liftoff]

You're obviously using Gate One 1.0... That issue has long since been fixed in the github code. 1.1 will be out soon though which will include the fix. Just need to finish up a number of tutorials/examples I've been working on.

[Desmodue]

Yep, found it in he repository after some digging, replaced my altered v1 ssh_connect.py script with the v1.1 ssh_connect.py script and it is all working :)