node: verify telnet installation for controller checking

Reported-by: Julius Bachnick https://mailman.stanford.edu/pipermail/mininet-discuss/2012-November/001349.html
2012-11-26 15:22:07 -08:00
parent 1e9b5f61fc
commit b453e0068f
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@@ -995,6 +995,12 @@ class Controller( Node ):
    def checkListening( self ):
        "Make sure no controllers are running on our port"
        # Verify that Telnet is installed first:
        out, err, returnCode = errRun( "which telnet" )
        if 'telnet' not in out or returnCode != 0:
            raise Exception( "Error running telnet to check for listening "
                             "controllers; please check that it is "
                             "installed." )
        listening = self.cmd( "echo A | telnet -e A %s %d" %
                              ( self.ip, self.port ) )
        if 'Unable' not in listening: