PATH in SSH

hnasr2001 · 06-08-2015, 03:28 PM

I am using Centos 6.x

When I ssh to a server and try to use an executable software, I have to use PATH=$PATH/location_of_software/

When I check the usre's PATH, in the .bash_profile file, this line already exist.
How can I permanently set the PATH for SSH user?

joec@home · 06-08-2015, 03:55 PM

Are you using ssh direct to that user account, or switching user after log in? I'm thinking either you need the "su -" specifically with the "-" switch to force .bash_profile, or there is a typo somewhere in the .bash_profile script.

hnasr2001 · 06-09-2015, 10:26 PM

Replay to joec@home:
I am using ssh direct to the user account.
if switch to su - then everything works.

pan64 · 06-10-2015, 02:18 AM

I think ssh does not use .bash_profile directly (because it is not an interactive shell - see man bash, invocation), so you need explicitly do that:

Code:

ssh user@host 'source ~/.bash_profile; your_app'
- or -
ssh user@host 'bash -l your_app'

(not tested)

joec@home · 06-10-2015, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

I think ssh does not use .bash_profile directly (because it is not an interactive shell - see man bash, invocation), so you need explicitly do that:

Code:

ssh user@host 'source ~/.bash_profile; your_app'
- or -
ssh user@host 'bash -l your_app'

(not tested)

.bash_profile should work so long as you are looking at the .bash_profile of the user account your signing into rather than the one you are connecting from.

suicidaleggroll · 06-10-2015, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joec@home

.bash_profile should work so long as you are looking at the .bash_profile of the user account your signing into rather than the one you are connecting from.

I think pan64 was saying that .bash_profile will only be sourced for an interactive session. If the OP is ssh'ing in and running the command directly, eg:

Code:

$ ssh host command

.bash_profile will not be sourced. However if he connected interactively and THEN ran the command, eg:

Code:

$ ssh host
$ command

it would.