Remotely restarting a service

seefor · 02-14-2007, 10:53 PM

I have two Linux boxes running FreeRadius.
I have a script that copies the user file from sif-raddb-1 to sif-raddb-2:

Code:

scp /etc/raddb/users root@sif-raddb-2:/etc/raddb/

Now I would like restart the service on sif-raddb-2 and not sure where to start. I did how ever tried telnet(lol).
The service I need to restart is radiusd

Thanks in advance

prasanta · 02-14-2007, 11:38 PM

Quote:

restart the service on sif-raddb-2 and not sure where to start. I need to restart is radiusd

Just do the following,

root@sif-raddb-1:~#ssh root@sif-raddb-2 /etc/init.d/radiusd restart

But before that just remember to copy your public key to the machine if-raddb-2 so that when you do ssh through the script it will not ask or wait for the password. Check this for doing ssh with no pasword,

http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~mbonat...sword_ssh.html

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Prasanta

seefor · 02-14-2007, 11:52 PM

Thanks mate,

I was just about to post what I found (almost like yours) :

scp /etc/raddb/users root@sif-raddb-2:/etc/raddb/
ssh root@sif-raddb-2 'exec service radiusd restart'

but it prompts me for a password.

How can I get around that

hehe

prasanta · 02-15-2007, 12:52 AM

Just look at the link that I posted for ssh with no password.

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Prasanta