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# 1  
Old 10-11-2016
Running a script on remote server kills my login session
Hi there,

I'm trying to run a script remotely on a server in a particular directory named after hostname which already exists, my login session gets killed as soon as I run the below command. Not sure what is wrong, is there a better way to do it ?

Note: I can also use nohup command to run this command in background but prefer to use 'at' job.

Code:
ssh -l username@hostname "echo "cd /tmp\`hostname\` && exec ./test.sh" | at now"

cat test.sh
#!/bin/ksh
DIR=`pwd`
LOGS=$DIR/LOG
mkdir -p $LOGS

Also tried enclosing the command with ( ) but it gives syntax error,
Code:
ssh -l username@hostname "echo "( cd /tmp\`hostname\` && exec ./test.sh )" | at now"

# 2  
Old 10-11-2016
Why are you using exec?
Or more you tell me what happens at the end of execution...
# 3  
Old 10-11-2016
Check those double quotes, you have to escape the inner ones. As it stands now, it executes parts of the command locally.

Juha
# 4  
Old 10-11-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by vbe
Why are you using exec?
Or more you tell me what happens at the end of execution...
I'm trying to execute the script and it just kills my session at the end of execution.
# 5  
Old 10-11-2016
Well, I'm afraid that without further detailed info we won't get anywhere. WE CANNOT replicate your setup. YOU NEED to post what happens, and when. The more info you post, the higher the probabilty of a solution.
Which part is running where? Does the at command start? Does it crash? Any error message (and don't say "yes!")? Log entries?
# 6  
Old 10-11-2016
your double quotes are wrong ...
if you look at the red-colored characters below, you will see that you have 2 groupings of "command arguments" with the '&&' operator in between.
Code:
ssh -l username@hostname "echo "( cd /tmp\`hostname\` && exec ./test.sh )" | at now"

since the exec command immediately follows &&, your malformed command line is basically saying run the ssh command and then run exec. correct code should be ...
Code:
ssh -l username@$hostname "echo '(cd /tmp\`hostname\` && exec ./test.sh)' | at now"

or something closer. verify on your platform. either way, your error is with your command groupings done by your double quotes.
This User Gave Thanks to Just Ice For This Post:
mbak
# 7  
Old 10-11-2016
I had to refrain from using 'exec' command as it abruptly ends my login session as soon as I run the command without giving any errors and also got rid of '&&'.
Btw..this is ksh on AIX OS.

Below is the code that works for me and I'll start using it unless anyone sees an issue with it or comes up with anything better.

Code:
ssh -l username@$hostname "echo '(cd /tmp/\`hostname\`;./test.sh)' | at now"

Thanks to all for your quick responses esp. 'Just Ice' for pointing to the quoting issue.
Last edited by mbak; 10-11-2016 at 07:35 PM.. Reason: typo
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