Hi, i want to know...

if what i'm gonna do is:

1. login to a remote linux server
2. do some system administration work like create directories,
add users...etc

and i want to do the task by a single shell script, or a command...like ssh,
or screen....then, is it possible??

if yes, what should i do?


thanks!!

Sure it's possible.
If were some common task I would just set up the script on the remote server and kick the script off via ssh.

Example of executing a command on a remote system:
ssh <ip_or_DNS_Name> <command>
For example:
ssh 192.168.0.5 ls /etc
will log in and run 'ls /etc'

thanks!!
but, what if i want to execute multiple commands after login??
do i just use ',' to separate the commands??

one more question....what if

i want to modify a line in a file after login??? It sounds kind of complicated since
it might not be done by a single command, right??


thanks!

You will have to use quotes something like this:
ssh 192.168.0.5 "echo first command ;echo second command; echo third command"

hold on....but when i ssh, i need to provide login and password, right??

what i mean was....i want my script(or ssh command?) to do the login for me and i
dont' need to manually type the password myself...is it possible?

That can be done.

On your local machine (i.e. the one you would issue the ssh command on). Make a script that looks like this

Then just chmod 755 the script and run it.

Hope this helps.

PS- If you do write a script like the one above make sure you are the ONLY persone who can read it . As the "<remote user password>" is saved in clear text in that file.

what about the prompt like this:
root@host:/usr/# ssh 192.168.1.127
The authenticity of host '192.168.1.127 (192.168.1.127)' can't be established.
RSA key fingerprint is e2:59:6f:fc:33:0b:a9:42:21:cd:0b:f9:53:77:63:bc.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?


anyone knows how to automatically provide a "yes" for this RSA authentication
in the ssh command, or i need to do it in a script??

thanks!

Jimmy

You only have to do that once. After that it already has it in your ~/.ssh/know_hosts file. If you are automating this you might want to look into ssh login without a password.

but i need to do it automatically even if it's the first time i ssh to the host.
is there any solutions?


thanks!

Jimmy

The solution:

1. ssh into each of the hosts yourself once. THen you can run your script and that the 'yes/no' prompt will not appear again.
2. setup ssh keys

Honestly, I would recommend with #2 as it is more secure. You don't want to be providing your userame/password in the script.

-twantrd

i can't use #1.....so could you tell me how to do #2??
I'm using Debian Libranet linux,
thanks a lot!

Hi Caps_phistro, i used the following command but it didn't work:

$ ssh xx.xx.xx.136 -u root -p xxxx ls

ssh: illegal option -- u
Usage: ssh [options] host [command]
Options:
-l user Log in using this user name.
-n Redirect input from /dev/null.
-F config Config file (default: ~/.ssh/config).
-A Enable authentication agent forwarding.
-a Disable authentication agent forwarding (default).
-X Enable X11 connection forwarding.
-x Disable X11 connection forwarding (default).
-i file Identity for public key authentication (default: ~/.ssh/identity)
-t Tty; allocate a tty even if command is given.
-T Do not allocate a tty.
-v Verbose; display verbose debugging messages.
Multiple -v increases verbosity.
-V Display version number only.
-P Don't allocate a privileged port.
-q Quiet; don't display any warning messages.
-f Fork into background after authentication.
-e char Set escape character; ``none'' = disable (default: ~).
-c cipher Select encryption algorithm
-m macs Specify MAC algorithms for protocol version 2.
-p port Connect to this port. Server must be on the same port.
-L listen-port:hostort Forward local port to remote address
-R listen-port:hostort Forward remote port to local address
These cause ssh to listen for connections on a port, and
forward them to the other side by connecting to hostort.
-D port Enable dynamic application-level port forwarding.
-C Enable compression.
-N Do not execute a shell or command.
-g Allow remote hosts to connect to forwarded ports.
-1 Force protocol version 1.
-2 Force protocol version 2.
-4 Use IPv4 only.
-6 Use IPv6 only.
-o 'option' Process the option as if it was read from a configuration file.
-s Invoke command (mandatory) as SSH2 subsystem.
-b addr Local IP address.

After actually reading this thread more (and not just doing a quick glance) I don't believe you can supply your password this way in ssh. -p flag is actually for port and NOT password. -u doesn't exist either.

The answer to that is here: http://www.arches.uga.edu/~pkeck/ssh/

-twantrd