There isn't, and quite intentionally. Telnet is a obviously a very insecure protocol, completely insecure in fact, and we strongly want to discourage usage.
Yet, it would be quite trivial to write a connection plugin to support it, though, as connection plugins just need to support the ability to put a file, get a file, and execute a module (assume ftp would also be used rather than netcat?). To be honest, I considered it as an April fools joke at one point -- to actually implement it -- but I didn't do it. Most networking equipment -- though a lot of the ways people attempt to configure networking equipment with Ansible can be hacky -- can usually be coerced into enabling SSH. We would likely refuse the pull request, to be honest -- it is just asking for a world of hurt should MITM possibilities arise. --Michael On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 5:33 PM, Bas Meijer <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there by any chance a 'telnet' module? I would like to connect to a > certain port on localhost and enter text and look for strings in the output. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/91124DEF-F2F0-40D1-94B1-A673D7119008%40iwelcome.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgzSaHKkcctOF%2BcL3N9sSq8oiytyp6ZrdPqr%3Dit229gc9A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
