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Set a TTY Mode for an SSH PTY Request

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.SetTtyMode method, which adds or updates one TTY mode to be included in a later SendReqPty request. The first argument is the mode name and the second is its integer value. Call it once per mode, before requesting the PTY.

Background: TTY modes are the terminal settings a PTY is created with — the same knobs stty exposes. The classic use is SetTtyMode("ECHO", 0), which stops the terminal from echoing input; that is how a password prompt keeps typed characters off the screen. Modes accumulate on the object and are sent with the next PTY request.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ssh.SetTtyMode method, which adds or updates one TTY mode to be included in
'  a later SendReqPty request.  The 1st argument is the mode name and the 2nd is its integer
'  value.  Call it once per mode, before SendReqPty.

set ssh = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ssh")

sshPort = 22
success = ssh.Connect("ssh.example.com",sshPort)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
'  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
password = "mySshPassword"

success = ssh.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Open a session channel.  A negative return value indicates failure.
channelNum = ssh.OpenSessionChannel()
If (channelNum < 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Request that the allocated terminal not echo input.
success = ssh.SetTtyMode("ECHO",0)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  The modes set above are included in the PTY request.
success = ssh.SendReqPty(channelNum,"xterm",80,24,0,0)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ssh.SendReqShell(channelNum)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ssh.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

ssh.Disconnect 

outFile.Close