[TriLUG] expect problem

[Greg Brown]

Hey peeps.. I seem to have a bug in my expect script. The script changes
passwords on HP blade servers via telnet. It appears that I am getting an
extra line back from the server that I was not, um, expecting and it causes
the script to exit. Here is the section of script I am concered with:

# look for "accepted"
expect "*accepted."

# now look for <hostname>-User Access Control#
expect "*Control#"

# send an apply
send "apply\r"

# look for the same prompt as before
expect "*Control#"

# now tell it to save
send "save\r"

# now look for the FLASH prompt
expect "*[y/n]:"

# enter a "Y"
send "Y\r"

the script fails after "apply" here is captured output (but redirecting
stdout, nothing was ever sent to stderr):

- User Access Control# usrpw
Changing USER password; validation required:
Enter current administrator password:
Enter new user password:
Re-enter new user password:
New user password accepted.

>> rtpndsfnth1a8 - User Access Control# apply
------------------------------------------------------------------
Apply complete; don't forget to "save" updated configuration.

>> xxxxxxxxxxx - User Access Control# spawn telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.252
Trying xxx.xxx.xxx..252...


See, that extra "Apply complete" line seem to be throwing me off. The next
line should be the "Control" prompt I am looking for and I thought that this
extra line would be processed as I thought it should but it is causing the
whole script to fail. The script itself is called via a shell script and it
is only invoked one IP at a time (via the parent shell script).

Any ideas?

Greg