How to execute remote shell commands via SSH?

[Ymer]

Hi,

I would like to automatically execute a command on the remote shell when I login through SSH to the server. The main problem is that due to some technical issues on the remote server (which it not going to be solved in near future), my home directory does get mounted automatically when I login. However it's possible to mount the home directory throught some manual commands. So I would like to have these commands executed automatically.

I know that it's possible to invoke SSH with a command option, like ssh user@server COMMAND , however this closes the connection after executing the COMMAND, while I need an interactive shell.

So is it (at all) possible to use SSH to login to a server and automatically execute some commands without losing the connection while not having access to .bashrc etc?

[Ymer]

BUMP

[vijay_kernel]

Hi,


Why it is closing the connection when you execute some commands and which commands are you trying to execute.

[Ymer]

Hi,

I think closing the connection is the default behavior of SSH when used with a command. What I try to do is to execute a bash script where I put all home mounting things together with sourcing my .bashrc , so it looks like

ssh user@server /somewhere/startup

and startup is the bash script. However, when you try it, it executes it and closes the connection. I tried with any other command and it happens all the time (you can try it with ls for example). But I want to stay connected.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[MeeToo]

i noticed someone had a similar question and i did not see a conclusion. I am new to Linux and writing scripts. i need to open an SSH connection to a remote server and execute some commands. It can be any command. I would like the connection to stay open and not close. In my script below i tried the Top command. I can open the connection but any command fails. I got the script from Nixcraft. What am i missing?

#!/usr/bin/expect -f
# set Variables
set password [lrange $argv 0 0]
set ipaddr [lrange $argv 1 1]
set username [lrange $argv 2 2]
set timeout -1
# now connect to remote UNIX box (ipaddr) with given script to execute
spawn ssh root@123.456.789.123
match_max 100000
# Look for passwod prompt
expect "*?assword:*"
# Send password aka $password
send -- "MyPassWord\r"
# send blank line (\r) to make sure we get back to gui
send -- "\r"
top -b -n 1 | head -n 8
expect eof

[fuujuhi]

Hello,

I had the same request, and a friend of mine who just has a degree in Linux Mastership gave me the answer:

Simply do something like:

ssh -t YOURHOST "bash --rcfile PATH_TO_RCFILE"


bash will be executed on the remote host, and bash will execute the specfied RCFILE at startup, and connection will remain open. -t is to have the current terminal forwarded to the ssh session so that you have a real terminal.

You can have some variant on the same kind, still use ssh -t. Like if screen is installed, you can do:

ssh -t YOURHOST screen

Hope it helps!

ps: another master in linux told me this other solution: "ssh YOURHOST bash --rcfile YOUR_RC_FILE -i". But then you don't have a real terminal, and some stuff will not work correctly (like tab auto-completion).