libssh2: How to send data through libssh2_channel_write - passwords

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EDIT:
Here's the complete code. modified the code to work with a router but the use case is same. Once i issue the password using libssh2_channel_write() subsequent libssh2_channel_read() fails with LIBSSH2_ERROR_SOCKET_RECV. Not sure why. I am unable to send subsequent commands to the remote device and get their output.
Logic was to execute a command on the remote device ( libssh2_channel_exec ). This command execution would throw a password to be entered by the client. Now read the stream via libssh2_channel_read() and ensure that the password is being asked and write the password to the channel via libssh2_channel_write(). Ensure the password is accepted on the remote device by doing subsequent reads [ THIS IS WHERE THE LIB IS FAILING WITH ERROR_SOCKET_RECV ] and then send the command to be executed via libssh2_channel_write() and read the command output. Am i missing something ?
for( ;; )
{
/* loop until we block */
int rc;
do
{
char buffer[0x4000];
rc = libssh2_channel_read( channel, buffer, sizeof(buffer) );
if( rc > 0 )
{
int i;
char *enable = "check-password\n";
int ret;
bytecount += rc;
fprintf(stderr, "We read [%d] bytes:\n", bytecount);
fputc('[', stderr);
for( i=0; i < rc; ++i )
fputc( buffer[i], stderr);
fputc(']', stderr);
if ( strstr(buffer, "Password:") != NULL ){
fprintf(stderr, "Sending the password now\n");
while((ret = libssh2_channel_write(channel, enable, strlen(enable))) == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN) {
printf("ERROR_EAGAIN - sending password again\n");
}
fprintf(stderr, "Wrote [%d] bytes: \n", ret);
flag = 1;
continue;
}
if (!flag){ // start
char *cmd = "show clock\n";
int ret;
fprintf(stderr, "THIS Fetching show clock command now\n");
while((ret = libssh2_channel_write(channel, cmd, strlen(cmd))) == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN) {
printf("ERROR_EAGAIN - sending show clock again\n");
}
flag = 1;
} // end
}
else {
if(rc != LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN)
fprintf(stderr, "libssh2_channel_read returned [%d]:\n ", rc);
}
}
while( rc > 0 );
/* this is due to blocking that would occur otherwise so we loop on
this condition */
if( rc == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN )
{
int check;
check = waitsocket(sock, session);
}
else
break;
}