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# 1  
Old 01-08-2011
SSH and a users .profile
How do I get a command like "ssh Theuser@host date" to execute the /home/Theuser/.profile before executing the "date" command?
# 2  
Old 01-08-2011
try using ssh -t or . ~/.profile;date
Last edited by rbatte1; 11-16-2016 at 11:31 AM.. Reason: ICODE tags
# 3  
Old 01-08-2011
Thank you Frank
the -t works fine... now for part 2 please


if the profile is designed for tty input (ex Please specify test or production?") how can I


a) pass an answer via teh ssh command

and/or

b) request that ssh command ignore "reads"

Thanks again
# 4  
Old 01-08-2011
you can do either but if you want to read input from the user then -t would be required. you can also try the ssh -n option

or a better long term solution - put this in your .profile if you don't use -t
Code:
if tty -s
then
   echo "blah blah blah"
   read blah
fi

Code:
     -n    Redirects stdin  from  /dev/null  (actually,  prevents
           reading from stdin). This must be used when ssh is run
           in the background. A common trick is to  use  this  to
           run X11 programs on a remote machine. For example,

           ssh -n shadows.cs.hut.fi emacs &

           will start an emacs on shadows.cs.hut.fi, and the  X11
           connection  will  be  automatically  forwarded over an
           encrypted channel. The ssh program will be put in  the
           background. This does not work if ssh needs to ask for
           a password or passphrase.  See also the -f option.)

Last edited by frank_rizzo; 01-08-2011 at 11:57 PM.. Reason: add -n option
# 5  
Old 01-09-2011
I shall try your suggestions....
Smilie

---------- Post updated 01-09-11 at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous update was 01-08-11 at 11:03 PM ----------

Ok tried all teh above still no go

I can get commands to run before the shell is kicked off (~/.ssh/rc)
I can get environment variables set (~/.ssh/environment and sshd_config changes0

but I cannot get the user .profile to run for a user with a ssh Theuser@host date

even using the ssh options (albeit good) that Frank suggested.

For reasons that can get complicated (MVS is really shooting off the AIX command to AIX) I cannot use the option of physically executing teh users profile as in the suggestion

ssh Theuser@host ". ~/.profile;date"




ssh
# 6  
Old 01-09-2011
is date the real command your using or are you running a script or other program? If it's a script then I suggest sourcing the .profile within the script or put the logic that is in .profile in the script.
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