From 5a589b5ba8941d734e9c3aebbf2be2f50d7c32a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Hilhorst <git@hilhorst.be>
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2021 14:19:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] nixos/tests/test-driver: add shell_interact

---
 nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py
index e216e566f286..90ae2e558ef5 100644
--- a/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py
+++ b/nixos/lib/test-driver/test-driver.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import shutil
 import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import telnetlib
 import tempfile
 import time
 import traceback
@@ -455,6 +456,15 @@ class Machine:
                 return (status_code, output)
             output += chunk
 
+    def shell_interact(self) -> None:
+        """Allows you to interact with the guest shell
+
+        Should only be used during testing, not in the production test."""
+        self.connect()
+        telnet = telnetlib.Telnet()
+        telnet.sock = self.shell  # type: ignore
+        telnet.interact()
+
     def succeed(self, *commands: str) -> str:
         """Execute each command and check that it succeeds."""
         output = ""