diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SSHInteract.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SSHInteract.pm
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+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SSHInteract.pm
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+package xCAT::SSHInteract;
+use Exporter;
+use Net::Telnet;
+use strict;
+our @ISA = qw/Exporter Net::Telnet/;
+our @EXPORT_OK = ();
+use IO::Pty;
+use POSIX;
+
+sub _startssh {
+	my $self = shift;
+	my $pty = shift;
+	my $name = shift;
+	my $dest = shift;
+	my %args=@_;
+	my $tty;
+	my $tty_fd;
+	my $pid = fork();
+	if ($pid) {
+		return;
+	}
+	#in child
+	$tty = $pty->slave or die "$!";
+	$tty_fd = $tty->fileno or die "$!";
+	close($pty);
+	open STDIN, "<&", $tty_fd;
+	open STDOUT,">&",$tty_fd;
+	$pty->make_slave_controlling_terminal();
+	close($tty);
+	my @cmd =  ("ssh","-o","StrictHostKeyChecking=no");
+	if ($args{"-nokeycheck"}) {
+		push @cmd,("-o","UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null");
+	}
+	push @cmd,("-l",$name,$dest);
+	exec @cmd;
+}
+
+sub new {
+	my $class = shift;
+	my %args = @_;
+	my $pty = IO::Pty->new or die "Unable to perform ssh: $!";
+	$args{"-fhopen"} = $pty;
+	$args{"-telnetmode"} = 0;
+	$args{"-telnetmode"} = 0;
+	$args{"-cmd_remove_mode"} = 1;
+	my $username = $args{"-username"};
+	my $host = $args{"-host"};
+	my $password = $args{"-password"};
+	delete $args{"-host"};
+	delete $args{"-username"};
+	delete $args{"-password"};
+	my $nokeycheck = $args{"-nokeycheck"};
+	if ($nokeycheck) { delete $args{"-nokeycheck"}; }
+	my $self = Net::Telnet->new(%args);
+	_startssh($self,$pty,$username,$host,"-nokeycheck"=>$nokeycheck);
+    my ($prematch,$match) = $self->waitfor([Match => $args{prompt},'/password:/i',]) or die "Login Failed: ",$self->lastline;
+    if ($match =~ /password:/i) {
+	    #$self->waitfor("-match" => '/password:/i', -errmode => "return") or die "Unable to reach host ",$self->lastline;
+            $self->print($password);
+            my $nextline = $self->getline();
+            if ($nextline eq "\n") {
+		$nextline = $self->get();
+	    }
+	    if ($nextline =~ /^password:/ or $nextline =~ /Permission denied, please try again/) {
+		    die "Incorrect Password";
+	    }
+    }
+	return bless($self,$class);
+}
+1;