How To Use SSH in Unix or Linux shell script
Q. How do I use ssh client program in a shell script under UNIX or Linux operating system?
A. SSH client is a program for logging into a remote machine and for executing commands on a remote machine. ssh connects and logs into the specified hostname.The user must prove his/her identity to the remote machine using one of several methods depending on the protocol version used. If command is specified, command is executed on the remote host instead of a login shell.
SSH general syntax
ssh user@hostname command
For example login into remote system called portal.nixcraft.com and find out who logged in, enter:
$ ssh admin@portal.nixcraft.com who
You can use same command in shell script. However, it will prompt for a password. To avoid password prompt you need to ssh keys based login as specified in our article for password less login. Next, you can create a sample shell script as follows:
$ vi sshscript.sh
Type the following shell script lines:
#!/bin/bash # Linux/UNIX box with ssh key based login enabled SERVER="192.168.1.1" # SSH User name USR="admin" OUT="out.txt" ssh $USR@$host w > $OUT
Save and close the file. Type the following command to execute the script:
$ chmod +x sshscript.sh
$ ./sshscript.sh
You can see output of script with cat command:
$ cat out.txt
See more complex example in our shell script directory.
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September 7th, 2006 at 5:35 am
When I try to Authenticate via SSH using a Script , I get
The script is the same :
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin
is not a terminal.
I tried using -t and -T switch both on and off.
Suggest if you have any better Ideas
Many Thanks
Sriram
March 28th, 2007 at 6:20 am
i want to know whether i can login to a sever using SSH by hardcoding the user name and password in my unix script.
expecting your replay soon.
August 21st, 2007 at 12:02 pm
Yes, you can login to server using SSH by hardcoding
. For this you have to use php.
Php provides expect module to ssh login.