Can you redirect /dev/tty?
Skip Koppenhaver
skip at stubby.UUCP
Sat Jul 21 04:26:08 AEST 1990
Dear Mr. Wizard:
Is it possible to redirect input to a program which opens /dev/tty?
For example, I am trying to redirect input to the ftam program (OSI`s
bigger and better ftp :-). The problem is that when ftam prompts for
the password it opens /dev/tty to read it, so standard I/O redirection
doesn't cut it. I have a feeling this was intentional for security
reasons. However, I need to bypass this mechanism if possible.
I was able to do the same sort of thing with ftp by using the -n option
and the ftp "user" command which reads the password from stdin. But
ftam has no such options or commands.
BTW, modifying ftam source is not an option.
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