gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/python2
import paramiko

def run_ssh_cmd(host, user, passwd, cmd):
    ssh = paramiko.SSHClient()
    ssh.set_missing_host_key_policy(paramiko.AutoAddPolicy())
    try:
        print "(+) Connecting via SSH to %s" %(ip)
        ssh.connect(ip, username=user, password=passwd)
    except paramiko.AuthenticationException:
	sys.exit("(-) Password or username incorrect!")
    except Exception:
        sys.exit("(-) Connection Failed perhaps?")
    stdin, stdout, stderr = ssh.exec_command(cmd)
    output = stdout.read()
    return output

def main():
    address = raw_input("host: ")
    username = raw_input("user: ")
    password = raw_input("pass: ")
    command = "uptime"
    print "(*) Running %s on %s" %(command, address)
    output = run_ssh_cmd(host=address, user=username, passwd=password, cmd=command)
    print output

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()