{"id":26118,"date":"2024-03-16T06:12:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-16T06:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-switch-users-in-paramiko-in-python\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T07:48:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T07:48:51","slug":"how-to-switch-users-in-paramiko-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-switch-users-in-paramiko-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"How to switch users in paramiko in Python?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Using the invoke_shell() method in paramiko allows for switching users by entering a new shell session and switching users by sending commands. Below is an example code:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> paramiko\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">def<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">switch_user<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">hostname, username, password, new_username, new_password<\/span>):\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u521b\u5efaSSH\u5ba2\u6237\u7aef<\/span>\r\n    client = paramiko.SSHClient()\r\n    client.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8fde\u63a5SSH\u670d\u52a1\u5668<\/span>\r\n    client.connect(hostname, username=username, password=password)\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6253\u5f00\u4e00\u4e2a\u65b0\u7684shell\u4f1a\u8bdd<\/span>\r\n    shell = client.invoke_shell()\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u53d1\u9001\u5207\u6362\u7528\u6237\u7684\u547d\u4ee4<\/span>\r\n    shell.send(<span class=\"hljs-string\">f\"su - <span class=\"hljs-subst\">{new_username}<\/span>\\n\"<\/span>)\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u7b49\u5f85\u547d\u4ee4\u6267\u884c\u5b8c\u6210<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">while<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">not<\/span> shell.recv_ready():\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">pass<\/span>\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u8f93\u5165\u65b0\u7528\u6237\u7684\u5bc6\u7801<\/span>\r\n    shell.send(<span class=\"hljs-string\">f\"<span class=\"hljs-subst\">{new_password}<\/span>\\n\"<\/span>)\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u6253\u5370\u8f93\u51fa\u7ed3\u679c<\/span>\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">while<\/span> shell.recv_ready():\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(shell.recv(<span class=\"hljs-number\">1024<\/span>))\r\n    \r\n    <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u5173\u95ed\u8fde\u63a5<\/span>\r\n    client.close()\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u4f7f\u7528\u793a\u4f8b<\/span>\r\nswitch_user(<span class=\"hljs-string\">\"192.168.0.1\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"username\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"password\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"new_username\"<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-string\">\"new_password\"<\/span>)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The above code connects to an SSH server using paramiko and enters a new shell session through the invoke_shell() method. It then sends the command to switch users (su &#8211; new_username) using the send() method, followed by inputting the new user&#8217;s password using send(). Finally, it reads the output results using recv() method and closes the SSH connection.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that switching users requires the target server to already have the appropriate permissions configured to allow the current user to switch to the specified new user.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the invoke_shell() method in paramiko allows for switching users by entering a new shell session and switching users by sending commands. 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