New Post: How to execute sudo command?

Hi guys!

I need to execute some sudo commands on a VM running ubuntu.

I started with a CheckSudoContact() method that should return true if it can echo a text. But I can't get it to work.

CheckSudoContact looks like this:

public static bool CheckSudoContact(string sshIp, int sshPort, string userName, string userPwd, string prompt, string passwordPrompt) {
    try {
        using (var client = new SshClient(sshIp, sshPort, userName, userPwd)) {
            client.Connect();

            var testValue = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
            var command = string.Format("sudo echo {0}", testValue);
            var result = "";
            var dbgPasswordPrompt = "";
            var dbgPrompt = "";
            var sshConnected = false;
                    
            using (var stream = client.CreateShellStream("dumb", 80, 24, 800, 600, 4096)) {
                stream.WriteLine(command);
                stream.Expect(command);   //  Ensure that command has been processed by the shell
                stream.Expect(
                    new ExpectAction(passwordPrompt, (s) => {
                        Console.Write(s);
                        dbgPasswordPrompt = s;         // Debug
                        stream.WriteLine(userPwd);
                    }),
                    new ExpectAction(prompt, (s) => {
                        Console.Write(s);
                        dbgPrompt = s;                 // Debug
                    })
                );

                Debug.WriteLine("CheckSudoContact dbgPasswordPrompt=" + 
                                               dbgPasswordPrompt);     // Debug
                Debug.WriteLine("CheckSudoContact dbgPrompt=" + 
                                               dbgPrompt);                     // Debug
                        
                result = stream.ReadLine(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
                var line = 1;
                while (result != null) {
                    Debug.WriteLine("CheckSudoContact stream.ReadLine" + line++ + "=" + 
                                                  result);    // Debug
                    if (result.Length > 1) {
                        result = result.Substring(0, result.Length - 1); 
                    }
                    if (result.Equals(testValue)) {
                        sshConnected = true;
                        break;
                    }
                    result = stream.ReadLine(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
                }
            }

            client.Disconnect();

            return sshConnected;
        }
    }
    catch {
        // An error must mean we do not have SSH contact
        return false;
    }
} 

I call it like this:

if (SshHelper.CheckSudoContact("10.0.0.20", 22, 
        "myUsername", "myPwd", 
         ":~$", "[sudo] password for")) {
    Debug.WriteLine("SshHelper.CheckSudoContact = contact!");
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine("SshHelper.CheckSudoContact says no contact!");
}

The above gives debug output that indicates the ExpectActions for prompt and passwordPrompt are never executed and the testValue is never echoed, so I suspect the command isn't executed at all:

CheckSudoContact dbgPasswordPrompt=
CheckSudoContact dbgPrompt=
CheckSudoContact stream.ReadLine1=
CheckSudoContact stream.ReadLine2=
CheckSudoContact stream.ReadLine3=myuser@myputer:~$ sudo echo f72cdd2e-949a-449d-a526-dd9efae82340
SshHelper.CheckSudoContact says no contact!