Bug 805515

Summary: RFE: login(1) like wrapper
Product: [Retired] Beaker Reporter: Marian Csontos <mcsontos>
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Version: 0.8CC: bpeck, mastyk, mcsontos, stl, tools-bugs
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Description Marian Csontos 2012-03-21 13:59:49 UTC 
Description of problem:
there is a need for wrapper which will behave the same as login(1) which would allow us to execute commands like:

> qash [-u USER] COMMAND

This is a prerequisite for removing rhts-compat.

Existing projects:
- refried's qa*r*sh utility[1]
  - this is running over network - we can not rely on network.
- login(1)
  - this naturally does not allow executing commands.
- I thought of using screen (or other tools like that)
  - may be unstable when screen itself is under test 

Options?
- shall we use expect with login?
  - would need special PAM or password in env.variable
- shall we fork one or the other upstream?
  - maintenance?

[1]: http://nstraz.wordpress.com/tag/qarsh/
Comment 1 Nick Coghlan 2012-10-17 04:37:48 UTC 
Bulk reassignment of issues as Bill has moved to another team.
Comment 3 Martin Styk 2020-02-11 12:07:49 UTC 
Beah is no longer supported by Beaker development team.
Instead of that, we are working on Restraint test harness. You can find all the features of Restraint here.

https://restraint.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

If you think your RFE should be still implemented as part of Restraint feel free to create a new BZ ticket.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Restraint

In case you have any question feel free to reach out to me
Thank you,
Martin Styk <martin.styk>