I cant execute a shell script while on SSH client

[chong67]

I wrote a shell script.

I do it on Putty and execute it and it just sit there. I cant exit and Control - C doesnt work either. I have to kill my Putty.

However, when I run this *same* file physically on the machine without SSH in, it work and can execute.

Is there something wrong with my SSH setup?

How do I execute a .sh script on Putty or any SSH client software remotely.

[chong67]

I answered by own question.

When I am in Putty, I use "sudo su" .. then I am able to execute the .sh script

When I am not a "su", I cant execute the script. Why?

I wrote that script without using "sudo".

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When I am physically on the machine, I can run that script without doing "sudo su". Why?

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[Rubberman]

This should not be an issue if you can log in and execute normal system commands, such as 'ls', 'pwd', etc. What shell are you using?

[Rubberman]

I answered by own question.

When I am in Putty, I use "sudo su" .. then I am able to execute the .sh script

When I am not a "su", I cant execute the script. Why?

I wrote that script without using "sudo".

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When I am physically on the machine, I can run that script without doing "sudo su". Why?

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Ok. It's not an ssh problem. It is probably a permissions problem. What does "ls -l scriptname" show you?

[chong67]

You see I was not using superaccess to write my script, just a normal user name "philip" and I cant even do a "./ginfo" on it unless I do "sudo su" while in Putty. Physically on the machine, it will execute without doing "sudo su".

Please explain.

Thanks!

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I am using the Bash shell.

$ ls -l
-rwxr-xr-x 1 philip philip 207 2009-04-27 11:58 ginfo


Below is my shell script and filename is "ginfo"
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#
# Script to print user information who currently login , current date & time
#
clear
echo "Hello $USER"
echo "Today is \c ";date
echo "Number of user login : \c" ; who | wc -l
echo "Calendar"
cal
exit 0
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[Rubberman]

Ok. My guess is that your ssh privileges are not allowing you to execute shell scripts for some reason. That's the only other thing I can think of, though I cannot find anything in ssh_config or sshd_config that would exclude script execution. Have you tried an ssh client other than putty, like the normal ssh client? If you are running a Windows client, then you can install cygwin and it has an ssh client you can use.

[chong67]

I got cygwin installed but didnt like one bit about it.

Maybe I will try with secureCRT.

Looking for more clues if anyone has it.

[Rubberman]

What's not to like? It is just a Linux/Unix bash shell environment for Windoze. There are a number of irritations, for sure, but it works reliably and provides all the gnu tools you might want. I find I much prefer it when I want a functional command line in Windows in favor of cmd.exe, which is totally brain-dead, IMHO. Yes, I know there are better shells for Windows now, but they are still a pain in the arse.

[chong67]

For one thing, I cant resize Cgywin. It is so hard to use. Have you use FreeNX? This software is so cool on my Linux Desktop. I feel like I am in front of my computer even in remote.

I try to do Cgywin on my Linux server and I failed.

I am still try to figure out my post #1. Why doesnt it work?

[Rubberman]

For one thing, I cant resize Cgywin. It is so hard to use. Have you use FreeNX? This software is so cool on my Linux Desktop. I feel like I am in front of my computer even in remote.

I try to do Cgywin on my Linux server and I failed.

I am still try to figure out my post #1. Why doesnt it work?

I've never had any problems resizing the cygwin window. You can also set the window to always open at the selected size when you want. You do it by right-clicking on the title bar of the window and select Properties->Layout and change the size, scroll-back buffer, etc. I only use cygwin on Windows.