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# 1  
Old 02-22-2011
Using SSH to run a "BASH" script.
Experts,

Hello !

Im running into something that I cant seem to find an answer to. I have a script and it does the following set of actions -

1. Cd to one specific directory
2. Look for all the files that contain a string and once a occurence of the string is found,
3. Pipe that output to awk as input and print $3.

Upto this point, I was able to do it without any issue and the script runs well.

Now, here comes the challenge. I need to run the above script on more than one machine and I just don't know how to do it.
Im sure there must be many folks out there who must be doing this on a daily basis.

Here are the following steps that I undertook
Method 1 :
1. I generated a public & private key pair and I did happen to add authroized_keys file with the contents of id_rsa.pub and they both have the same size.
2. After the above step, I ran this, ssh user@machine and strangely enough, it asks for my password AGAIN ! So, I enter that one more time assuming that I didnt correlate my userid/password combo with the machine that Im connecting to.
3. So, I try to connect to the machine again by keying ssh user@machien & it only lets me in if I entered the correct password...not the key value that I entered. This lets me believe that generating the public & private keys is not in any shape or form easing the situation.

Method 2:
Code:
while read machine user password
do
expect -c "set timeout -1;\
spawn ssh $user@$machine $1;\
match_max 100000;\
expect *password:*;\
send -- $password;\
interact;"
done < "passfile.txt

When I run the above lines, it throws the following errors -
Code:
-bash: spawn: command not found
-bash: match_max: command not found
couldn't read file "*?assword:*": no such file or directory
-bash: send: command not found
-bash: send: command not found

This makes me believe that it is not the right path that I should undertake.

Also, when I do this, "ssh user@machine ls " and after entering password, it is showing me all of the contents on machine without any issue.

Now, the admin is out of town and I honestly have no clue what Im doing other than googling stuff out and if I need any help, there is offshore but getting any real help is pretty much an exercise in pulling teeth out.

Any and all help is greatly appreciated & will be cherished.

regards,
Lee.
Last edited by Franklin52; 02-22-2011 at 04:54 AM.. Reason: Please use code tags, thank you
# 2  
Old 02-22-2011
I would analyze the problems one at a time.

1. PKI setup.

Quote:
1. I generated a public & private key pair and I did happen to add authroized_keys file with the contents of id_rsa.pub and they both have the same size.
2. After the above step, I ran this, ssh user@machine and strangely enough, it asks for my password AGAIN !
I would like to know:

1.1. Which OS are you using: local/remote.
1.2. What are the permissions of the .ssh directory and the .ssh/authorized_keys file.

Could you post the output of the following command:

Code:
ls -la "$HOME"/.ssh

# 3  
Old 02-22-2011
Agree with radoulov. First you need to generate keys to make your ssh passwordless across machines. Once you are done with this then you can write a script that does ssh to different machines and perform certain actions.
# 4  
Old 02-22-2011
Experts,

Here are the answer to your questions. Still I havent made any progress on this.

Please advise !

regards,
Lee.

Code:
$ ls -la "$HOME"/.ssh

drwx------    6 leemc     staff   204 Feb 22 00:15 .
drwxrwxrwx  167 leemc  staff  5678 Feb 22 00:46 ..
-rw-------    1 leemc     staff   405 Feb 22 00:15 authorized_keys
-rw-------    1 leemc     staff  1671 Feb 22 00:13 id_rsa
-rw-r--r--    1 leemc     staff   405 Feb 22 00:13 id_rsa.pub
-rw-r--r--    1 leemc     staff  5350 Feb 21 11:29 known_hosts
-a:~/Users/leemc/


1.1. Which OS are you using: local/remote.
MAC OSX 10.6
1.2. What are the permissions of the .ssh directory and the .ssh/authorized_keys file.
see above.
Last edited by radoulov; 02-22-2011 at 03:52 PM.. Reason: Code tags, please!
# 5  
Old 02-22-2011
OK,
could you please confirm that the output above is from the remote host?

Could you also post the output from the following command:

Code:
ssh -vvv <remote_host>

# 6  
Old 02-22-2011
Experts,

After fiddling/googling for couple of hours, here is where I am. I ran the following script, with parameters, "ls -ltr", it shows me the list of files & directories on the remote machine.
Code:
./script.sh "ls -ltr"

Now, the question is, how do I do more than this ? i.e. the following,

1. Cd to one specific directory
2. Look for all the files that contain a string and once a occurence of the string is found,
3. Pipe that output to awk as input and print $3.

I tried this
Code:
./script.sh "ls -ltr; mv /src/20101129_170410*.log /src/backup"

and it is throwing the following error
Code:
invalid command name "mv"
    while executing
"mv /src/20101129_170410*.log /src/backup"

How should I run the original script now ?

Please advise !

regards,
Lee.

Code:
#!/bin/bash

HOST="egrd.com"
USER="admin"
PASS="abcd"
CMD=$@

VAR=$(expect -c "
spawn ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $USER@$HOST $CMD
match_max 100000
expect \"*?assword:*\"
send -- \"$PASS\r\"
send -- \"\r\"
expect eof
")
echo "==============="
echo "$VAR"

---------- Post updated at 03:10 PM ---------- Previous update was at 03:04 PM ----------

Radoulov,

Here is what I get when I ran this.

regards,
Lee.
Code:
-a:~/Users/leemc/ssh -vvv egrd.com
OpenSSH_5.2p1, OpenSSL 0.9.8l 5 Nov 2009
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh_config
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to egrd.com
debug1: Connection established.
debug1: identity file /Users/leemc/.ssh/identity type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/leemc/.ssh/id_rsa type -1
debug1: identity file /Users/leemc/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
debug1: Remote protocol version 2.0, remote software version OpenSSH_5.2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_5.2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.2
debug2: fd 3 setting O_NONBLOCK
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent
debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256,diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha1,diffie-hellman-group14-sha1,diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: ssh-rsa,ssh-dss
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc,aes256-cbc,arcfour,rijndael-cbc@lysator.liu.se
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,umac-64@openssh.com,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-ripemd160@openssh.com,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib
debug2: kex_parse_kexinit: none,zlib@openssh.com,zlib

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment Please use code tags
# 7  
Old 02-22-2011
I still think it would be better to fix your PKI setup first, because
you really don't need expect in this case.

So, with a correct PKI setup, to print the filenames that start with sh in /etc,
you could simply run the following command:

Code:
$ ssh 0 'printf "%s\n" /etc/sh*'
/etc/shadow
/etc/shadow-
/etc/shells

With expect you need something like this:
Code:
$ ./s 'printf "%s\n" /etc/sh*'
/etc/shadow
/etc/shadow-
/etc/shells

This is the content of the script s:

Code:
#!/usr/bin/expect --
set Machine 0
set Username "<your_username>"
set Password "<your_password>"
set Cmd [lindex $argv 0]
log_user 0
spawn ssh "$Username@$Machine"
while 1 {
  expect {
    "\(yes/no\)\?*" {
     send "yes\r"
     continue
    }
    "assword:" {
      send "$Password\r"
      break
    }
  }
}
expect "# "
send "$Cmd\r"
expect -re "\[^\n]*\n(.*)\n.*# "
puts $expect_out(1,string)

* You'll need to adjust the expect patterns in order to match your prompt.
 
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