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Hi
Im trying to write a script to create an nis user (partly for fun, partly so other people can easily create accounts). I wanted to know how to go about logging into another machine, hopefully retaining my environment variables, and make a home directory (and change permissions and such). I run the script on the nis server already and it creates the new user with an incremented user id, adds stuff to the passwd file, etc. I also set up ssh keys so that I can log into the nfs server without requiring a password. How do I run the commands on the remote server though through ssh? I tried using:
echo command | ssh machinename
and that works for one command, but I will need to execute a few commands and
set up a few environment variables (which will change every time the script is run).
I tried to execute a script like
echo scriptname | ssh machinename
but that didnt seem to work right. Ive looked through the man pages for ssh and sshd, and nothing Ive seen looks like it will give me that capability. So,
1) Am I on drugs and I need to just forget about this, write two scripts, one to be run on each machine?
2) Is this possible using ssh, or should I look into another program? If so, which one?
3) Is this the best forum to post to?
Thanks a lot for your help and patience.
Dan
1) I dunno, are you? I'd probably do one script on each machine, but that's just a preference thing.
2) Yes, ssh hostname "command 1; command 2; command 3"
3) No idea.
Thanks sigsegv, you rock.
Since my variables are already defined, it is easy just to do the ssh command
from inside the script, ssh -i identityfile host "mkdir /home/$username; chown $userid /home/$username" etc
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