Re: using ssh via popen

probably because ssh requires an interactive login; i.e. it expects STDIN as well. try adding a command after the login parameter such as "ls" and see what you get. -jeff > Can anyone shed any light on why the following code doesn't work? I'm > trying to interact with ssh through PHP's popen function. > > Julia > > <?php > > function maxpsi($d) { > $fp = popen("/usr/bin/ssh -l julie summit.magenet.com", "w"); > while ($string = fgets($fp,80)) { > echo $string; > } > pclose($fp); > } > > echo "running ssh<BR>"; > > maxpsi(0); > > ?> > >