Re: SSH -- Running remote command and NOT Exiting

[Russell Steicke <russells@adelie.cx>]

On Wed, Mar 02, 2005 at 10:08:14PM -0500, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> I know I can use SSH to run a remote command like this:
> 
> ssh newhost command-to-run
> 
> And if I have it set up to use RSA or some other type of authentication, it'll 
> connect to the system, log in automatically, and run "command-to-run", then 
> log out.
> 
> But I can't find anything in the man page (or on Google, but there's a high 
> noise-to-signal ratio, including many copies of the man page) where I can 
> tell ssh to run a command on login and NOT exit.  What can I do to make ssh 
> login, run a command, then stay logged in, waiting for another command?

Try this:

  ssh -t host 'command ; bash -login'

-t is required to force pseudo-tty allocation.  Without this it'll
work and you can type commands but bash doesn't give a prompt.  Dunno
why that is.



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Russell Steicke

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