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-/**
-@page libssh_tutor_shell Chapter 3: Opening a remote shell
-@section opening_shell Opening a remote shell
-
-We already mentioned that a single SSH connection can be shared
-between several "channels". Channels can be used for different purposes.
-
-This chapter shows how to open one of these channels, and how to use it to
-start a command interpreter on a remote computer.
-
-
-@subsection open_channel Opening and closing a channel
-
-The ssh_channel_new() function creates a channel. It returns the channel as
-a variable of type ssh_channel.
-
-Once you have this channel, you open a SSH session that uses it with
-ssh_channel_open_session().
-
-Once you don't need the channel anymore, you can send an end-of-file
-to it with ssh_channel_close(). At this point, you can destroy the channel
-with ssh_channel_free().
-
-The code sample below achieves these tasks:
-
-@code
-int shell_session(ssh_session session)
-{
- ssh_channel channel;
- int rc;
-
- channel = ssh_channel_new(session);
- if (channel == NULL)
- return SSH_ERROR;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_open_session(channel);
- if (rc != SSH_OK)
- {
- ssh_channel_free(channel);
- return rc;
- }
-
- ...
-
- ssh_channel_close(channel);
- ssh_channel_send_eof(channel);
- ssh_channel_free(channel);
-
- return SSH_OK;
-}
-@endcode
-
-
-@subsection interactive Interactive and non-interactive sessions
-
-A "shell" is a command interpreter. It is said to be "interactive"
-if there is a human user typing the commands, one after the
-other. The contrary, a non-interactive shell, is similar to
-the execution of commands in the background: there is no attached
-terminal.
-
-If you plan using an interactive shell, you need to create a
-pseud-terminal on the remote side. A remote terminal is usually referred
-to as a "pty", for "pseudo-teletype". The remote processes won't see the
-difference with a real text-oriented terminal.
-
-If needed, you request the pty with the function ssh_channel_request_pty().
-Then you define its dimensions (number of rows and columns)
-with ssh_channel_change_pty_size().
-
-Be your session interactive or not, the next step is to request a
-shell with ssh_channel_request_shell().
-
-@code
-int interactive_shell_session(ssh_channel channel)
-{
- int rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_request_pty(channel);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_change_pty_size(channel, 80, 24);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_request_shell(channel);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- ...
-
- return rc;
-}
-@endcode
-
-
-@subsection read_data Displaying the data sent by the remote computer
-
-In your program, you will usually need to receive all the data "displayed"
-into the remote pty. You will usually analyse, log, or display this data.
-
-ssh_channel_read() and ssh_channel_read_nonblocking() are the simplest
-way to read data from a channel. If you only need to read from a single
-channel, they should be enough.
-
-The example below shows how to wait for remote data using ssh_channel_read():
-
-@code
-int interactive_shell_session(ssh_channel channel)
-{
- int rc;
- char buffer[256];
- int nbytes;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_request_pty(channel);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_change_pty_size(channel, 80, 24);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_request_shell(channel);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- while (ssh_channel_is_open(channel) &&
- !ssh_channel_is_eof(channel))
- {
- nbytes = ssh_channel_read(channel, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
- if (nbytes < 0)
- return SSH_ERROR;
-
- if (nbytes > 0)
- write(1, buffer, nbytes);
- }
-
- return rc;
-}
-@endcode
-
-Unlike ssh_channel_read(), ssh_channel_read_nonblocking() never waits for
-remote data to be ready. It returns immediately.
-
-If you plan to use ssh_channel_read_nonblocking() repeatedly in a loop,
-you should use a "passive wait" function like usleep(3) in the same
-loop. Otherwise, your program will consume all the CPU time, and your
-computer might become unresponsive.
-
-
-@subsection write_data Sending user input to the remote computer
-
-User's input is sent to the remote site with ssh_channel_write().
-
-The following example shows how to combine a nonblocking read from a SSH
-channel with a nonblocking read from the keyboard. The local input is then
-sent to the remote computer:
-
-@code
-/* Under Linux, this function determines whether a key has been pressed.
- Under Windows, it is a standard function, so you need not redefine it.
-*/
-int kbhit()
-{
- struct timeval tv = { 0L, 0L };
- fd_set fds;
-
- FD_ZERO(&fds);
- FD_SET(0, &fds);
-
- return select(1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv);
-}
-
-/* A very simple terminal emulator:
- - print data received from the remote computer
- - send keyboard input to the remote computer
-*/
-int interactive_shell_session(ssh_channel channel)
-{
- /* Session and terminal initialization skipped */
- ...
-
- char buffer[256];
- int nbytes, nwritten;
-
- while (ssh_channel_is_open(channel) &&
- !ssh_channel_is_eof(channel))
- {
- nbytes = ssh_channel_read_nonblocking(channel, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
- if (nbytes < 0) return SSH_ERROR;
- if (nbytes > 0)
- {
- nwritten = write(1, buffer, nbytes);
- if (nwritten != nbytes) return SSH_ERROR;
-
- if (!kbhit())
- {
- usleep(50000L); // 0.05 second
- continue;
- }
-
- nbytes = read(0, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
- if (nbytes < 0) return SSH_ERROR;
- if (nbytes > 0)
- {
- nwritten = ssh_channel_write(channel, buffer, nbytes);
- if (nwritten != nbytes) return SSH_ERROR;
- }
- }
-
- return rc;
-}
-@endcode
-
-Of course, this is a poor terminal emulator, since the echo from the keys
-pressed should not be done locally, but should be done by the remote side.
-Also, user's input should not be sent once "Enter" key is pressed, but
-immediately after each key is pressed. This can be accomplished
-by setting the local terminal to "raw" mode with the cfmakeraw(3) function.
-cfmakeraw() is a standard function under Linux, on other systems you can
-recode it with:
-
-@code
-static void cfmakeraw(struct termios *termios_p)
-{
- termios_p->c_iflag &= ~(IGNBRK|BRKINT|PARMRK|ISTRIP|INLCR|IGNCR|ICRNL|IXON);
- termios_p->c_oflag &= ~OPOST;
- termios_p->c_lflag &= ~(ECHO|ECHONL|ICANON|ISIG|IEXTEN);
- termios_p->c_cflag &= ~(CSIZE|PARENB);
- termios_p->c_cflag |= CS8;
-}
-@endcode
-
-If you are not using a local terminal, but some kind of graphical
-environment, the solution to this kind of "echo" problems will be different.
-
-
-@subsection select_loop A more elaborate way to get the remote data
-
-*** Warning: ssh_select() and ssh_channel_select() are not relevant anymore,
- since libssh is about to provide an easier system for asynchronous
- communications. This subsection should be removed then. ***
-
-ssh_channel_read() and ssh_channel_read_nonblocking() functions are simple,
-but they are not adapted when you expect data from more than one SSH channel,
-or from other file descriptors. Last example showed how getting data from
-the standard input (the keyboard) at the same time as data from the SSH
-channel was complicated. The functions ssh_select() and ssh_channel_select()
-provide a more elegant way to wait for data coming from many sources.
-
-The functions ssh_select() and ssh_channel_select() remind of the standard
-UNIX select(2) function. The idea is to wait for "something" to happen:
-incoming data to be read, outcoming data to block, or an exception to
-occur. Both these functions do a "passive wait", i.e. you can safely use
-them repeatedly in a loop, it will not consume exaggerate processor time
-and make your computer unresponsive. It is quite common to use these
-functions in your application's main loop.
-
-The difference between ssh_select() and ssh_channel_select() is that
-ssh_channel_select() is simpler, but allows you only to watch SSH channels.
-ssh_select() is more complete and enables watching regular file descriptors
-as well, in the same function call.
-
-Below is an example of a function that waits both for remote SSH data to come,
-as well as standard input from the keyboard:
-
-@code
-int interactive_shell_session(ssh_session session, ssh_channel channel)
-{
- /* Session and terminal initialization skipped */
- ...
-
- char buffer[256];
- int nbytes, nwritten;
-
- while (ssh_channel_is_open(channel) &&
- !ssh_channel_is_eof(channel))
- {
- struct timeval timeout;
- ssh_channel in_channels[2], out_channels[2];
- fd_set fds;
- int maxfd;
-
- timeout.tv_sec = 30;
- timeout.tv_usec = 0;
- in_channels[0] = channel;
- in_channels[1] = NULL;
- FD_ZERO(&fds);
- FD_SET(0, &fds);
- FD_SET(ssh_get_fd(session), &fds);
- maxfd = ssh_get_fd(session) + 1;
-
- ssh_select(in_channels, out_channels, maxfd, &fds, &timeout);
-
- if (out_channels[0] != NULL)
- {
- nbytes = ssh_channel_read(channel, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
- if (nbytes < 0) return SSH_ERROR;
- if (nbytes > 0)
- {
- nwritten = write(1, buffer, nbytes);
- if (nwritten != nbytes) return SSH_ERROR;
- }
- }
-
- if (FD_ISSET(0, &fds))
- {
- nbytes = read(0, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
- if (nbytes < 0) return SSH_ERROR;
- if (nbytes > 0)
- {
- nwritten = ssh_channel_write(channel, buffer, nbytes);
- if (nbytes != nwritten) return SSH_ERROR;
- }
- }
- }
-
- return rc;
-}
-@endcode
-
-
-@subsection x11 Using graphical applications on the remote side
-
-If your remote application is graphical, you can forward the X11 protocol to
-your local computer.
-
-To do that, you first declare that you accept X11 connections with
-ssh_channel_accept_x11(). Then you create the forwarding tunnel for
-the X11 protocol with ssh_channel_request_x11().
-
-The following code performs channel initialization and shell session
-opening, and handles a parallel X11 connection:
-
-@code
-int interactive_shell_session(ssh_channel channel)
-{
- int rc;
- ssh_channel x11channel;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_request_pty(channel);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_change_pty_size(channel, 80, 24);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_request_x11(channel, 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- rc = ssh_channel_request_shell(channel);
- if (rc != SSH_OK) return rc;
-
- /* Read the data sent by the remote computer here */
- ...
-}
-@endcode
-
-Don't forget to set the $DISPLAY environment variable on the remote
-side, or the remote applications won't try using the X11 tunnel:
-
-@code
-$ export DISPLAY=:0
-$ xclock &
-@endcode
-
-*/