Running rc scripts remotely doesn't work
 

RHEL 5 update 2

I'm trying to start services from a centralized location on many servers. I can start/stop these services from an interactive login without any issue, but when I try the same command via ssh/rsh, it hangs. I have my ssh keys set up correctly and I can run other remote commands.

Local server:
# /etc/init.d/samba start
Starting Samba smbd: [ OK ]

Remotely to same server:
# ssh server "/etc/init.d/samba start"
Starting Samba smbd:
<hang>

Does it work if you use nohup?
# ssh server "nohup /etc/init.d/samba start"

Are you logged in as root?
What other remote commands are you running successfully?

ssh -t solved the issue
 

Was requiring an ANSI terminal for the output, and wasn't getting it. Adding -t did the trick.