using ssh to logon to a remote unix box from my java code.

String[] cmd = {"cmd","/C","ssh -W pass testusr@server","/home/testusr/test.ksh"};

This code doesnt seem to source the testusr profile.

in the test.ksh i am writing the environment varibales to a file to see if the correct PATH variables have been set but i only see the below

this is what i have in the test.ksh

echo $PATH > test.out

This is what is written to the test.out.

/usr/bin:/etc:/usr/sbin:/usr/ucb:/usr/bin/X11:/sbin:/usr/java14/jre/bin:/usr/ja
va14/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sec:/opt/quest/bin

which is not the testusr PATH. Looks like when i logon using the ssh it is not sourcing the testusr profile

anything special i need to do to source the profile?

Any help will be truly appreciated. thanks.

Insert 'whoami' into your script. See which user is executing ssh.

whoami shows testusr which is correct, the problem is the .profile for testusr is not being invoked and hence the environment variables are not being set and the script fails.ANything else you would like me to try? Thanks for the posting. Looking forward to hearing from you. thanks.

From the ssh man page:

ssh will normally set the following environment variables:

PATH Set to the default PATH, as specified when compiling ssh.

Additionally, ssh reads ~/.ssh/environment, and adds lines of the format “VARNAME=value” to the environment if the file exists and users are allowed to change their environment. For more information, see the PermitUserEnvironment option in sshd_config(5).