SSH via Expect disconnects

From: Robert Denton (google1_at_headsprout.com)
Date: 02/26/04 

Date: 26 Feb 2004 10:36:10 -0800

Hello all,

I am using an expect script to initiate an SSH session to another host
as such:

#! /usr/bin/expect -f

spawn /usr/bin/ssh -R 3214:localhost:22 host.domain.tld
expect -re "word:"
send "<password>\r"
expect eof

This works just fine, or seems to. Then, when on the other host, I
issue the following command to pick-up that ssh session locally, I am
prompted for the password, I enter it, and then the session
disconnects, with the error: connection closed by 127.0.0.1. Here is
the command used:

ssh -p 3214 localhost

Here's the kicker: if I remove Expect from the equation, and just do
it all manually, the disconnect doesn't occur. Are there any Expect
experts out there who can offer a suggestion?

Thanks, Robert.

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