Telnet Program

[paul.zorn at gmail.com]

I am having some issues writing a telnet program, using telnetlib. I
am not sure if it is the telnet on the connections end or it is my
program.

A little background, when I log in straight from the Linux Command
prompt. The only thing I get is a blinking cursor. Then I type in my
command 'FOO' enter then screen on the very next line returns 'OK',
Then automatically puts the blinking cursor on the next line. Then
when I want to quit the telnet session I hit CTRL+Z that takes me to
telnet> then i type quit.

My Program currently looks like it connects. Because the last string
that I get back that is not blank says: "Logged in successfully".

So my problem is that when I issue the command through tn.write("FOO
\n"). Then do a tn.read_until('OK\n', 10). It gets returned nothing. I
have also added tn.read_until('OK\n', 10).splitlines(). That is also
returned blank.

I have tried various different newlines \n \r \r\n. All the
documentation for telnet program that I am logging into says, use
Carriage Return after each command. Nothing seems to get back the
data. I am not sure if the Python telnet is looking for more of true
command line like telnet>.

Any help would be great.
Thank You Very Much,
Paul