python connect to server using SSH protocol

[Laszlo Zsolt Nagy]

>
> import os
> fi, foe = os.popen4 ('ssh dopey')
> print >>fi, 'ls'
> fi.close ()  # <-- this is annoying
> for line in foe:
>    print line,
> foe.close ()
>
> The above connects to a server, passes the command 'ls', which is 
> executed there, and prints the returned result.
>
> However, reading from foe succeeds only if fin has been closed before. 
> An fi.flush() seems to be not sufficient. 

Hmm. Is it possible to use ssh for simple port forwarding (-L option) 
and write a server program on the remote machine?



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