Running a custom profile file on remote host - bash

I have a custom profile script on a remote host.
I'd like to source it when I connect to the host automatically.
I cannot change anything on the remote host.
Things I've tried but didn't work:
ssh -t myhost '. /local/scratch/scripts/rtc_profile ; bash -l'
ssh -t myhost 'bash -l /local/scratch/scripts/rtc_profile'
I've also tried the following (which works), but it skips all other rcfiles:
ssh -t myhost 'bash --rcfile /local/scratch/scripts/rtc_profile '
Please help :)

You can put the following at the end of your ~/.bashrc:
if [ ! -z "$SSH_CONNECTION" ] ; then
source /local/scratch/scripts/rtc_profile
fi

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Running sudo via ssh on remote server

I am trying to write a deployment script which after copying the new release to the server should perform a few sudo commands on the remote machine.
#!/bin/bash
app=$1
echo "Deploying application $app"
echo "Copy file to server"
scp -pr $app-0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar nuc:/tmp/
echo "Execute deployment script"
ssh -tt stefan#nuc ARG1=$app 'bash -s' <<'ENDSSH'
# commands to run on remote host
echo Hello world
echo $ARG1
sudo ifconfig
exit
ENDSSH
The file gets copied correctly and the passed argument printed as well. But the prompt for the password shows for two seconds then it says "Sorry, try again" and the second prompt shows the text I enter in plain text (meaning not masked) but also does not work if I enter the password correctly.
stefan#X220:~$ ./deploy.sh photos
Deploying application photos
Copy file to server
photos-0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar 100% 14MB 75.0MB/s 00:00
Execute deployment script
# commands to run on remote host
echo Hello world
echo $ARG1
sudo ifconfig
exit
stefan#nuc:~$ # commands to run on remote host
stefan#nuc:~$ echo Hello world
Hello world
stefan#nuc:~$ echo $ARG1
photos
stefan#nuc:~$ sudo ifconfig
[sudo] password for stefan:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for stefan: ksdlgfdkgdfg
I tried leaving out the -t flags for ssh as well as using -S for sudo which did not help. Any help is highly appreciated.
What I would do :
ssh stefan#nuc bash -s foobar <<'EOF'
echo "arg1 is $1"
echo "$HOSTNAME"
ifconfig
exit
EOF
Tested, work well.
Notes :
for the trick to work, use ssh key pair instead of using a password, it's even more secure
take care of the place of your bash -s argument. Check how I pass it
no need -tt at all
no need sudo to execute ifconfig and better use ip a
I came up with another solution: Create another file with the script to execute on the remote server. Then copy it using scp and in the calling script do a
ssh -t remoteserver sudo /tmp/deploy_remote.sh parameter1
This works as expected. Of course the separate file is not the most elegant solution, but -t and -tt did not work when inlining the script to execute on the remote machine.

Run shell commands in a remote machine

I would like to know how can I run shell commands in a remote machine.
I tried this:
ssh prdcrm1#${server} "grep -l 'Sometthing' *"
It is working, but I want to run more commands.
Do someone has an Idea?
You can run multiple commands on remote machine like,
Run date and hostname commands:
$ ssh user#host "date && hostname"
Run a script called /scripts/backup.sh
ssh user#host '/scripts/backup.sh'
Run sudo or su command using the following syntax
ssh user#host su --session-command="/sbin/service httpd restart"
ssh -t user#host 'sudo command1 arg1 arg2' ## su syntax ##
Multi-line command with variables expansion
VAR1="Variable 1"
ssh $HOST bash -c "'
ls
pwd
if true; then
echo $VAR1
else
echo "False"
fi
'"
Hope these helps you.

How to copy echo 'x' to file during an ssh connection

I have a script which starts an ssh-connection.
so the variable $ssh start the ssh connection.
so $SSH hostname gives the hostname of the host where I ssh to.
Now I try to echo something and copy the output of the echo to a file.
SSH="ssh -tt -i key.pem user#ec2-instance"
When I perform a manual ssh to the host and perform:
sudo sh -c "echo 'DEVS=/dev/xvdbb' >> /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage-setup"
it works.
But when I perform
${SSH} sudo sh -c "echo 'DEVS=/dev/xvdb' > /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage-setup"
it does not seem to work.
EDIT:
Also using tee is working fine after performing an ssh manually but does not seem to work after the ssh in the script.sh
The echo command after an ssh of the script is happening on my real host (from where I'm running the script, not the host where I'm performing an ssh to). So the file on my real host is being changed and not the file on my host where I've performed an ssh to.
The command passed to ssh will be executed by the remote shell, so you need to add one level of quoting:
${SSH} "sudo sh -c \"echo 'DEVS=/dev/xvdb' > /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage-setup\""
The only thing you really need on the server is the writing though, so if you don't have password prompts and such you can get rid of some of this nesting:
echo 'DEVS=/dev/xvdb' | $SSH 'sudo tee /etc/sysconfig/docker-storage-setup'

Connect to multiple ssh connections through scripts

I have been trying to automatically enter a ssh connection using a script. This previous SOF post has helped me so far. Using one connection works (the first ssh statement). However, I want to create another ssh connection once connected, which I thought could look like this:
#! /bin/bash
# My ssh script
sshpass -p "MY_PASSWORD1" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no *my_hostname_1*
sshpass -p "MY_PASSWORD2" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no *my_hostname_2*
When running the script, I get only connected to the my_hostname_1 and the second ssh command is not run until I exit the first ssh connection.
I've tried using an if statement like this:
if [ "$HOSTNAME" = my_host_name_1 ]; then
sshpass -p "MY_PASSWORD2" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no *my_hostname_2*
fi
but I can't get any commands to be read until I exit the first connection.
Here is a ProxyCommand example as suggested by #lihao:
#!/bin/bash
sshpass -p "MY_PASSWORD2" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
-o ProxyCommand='sshpass -p "MY_PASSWORD1" ssh m_hostname_1 netcat -w 1 %h %p' \
my_hostname_2
You are proxying through the first host to get to the second. This assumes you have netcat installed on my_hostname_2. If not, you'll need to install it.
You can also set this up in your ~/.ssh/config file so you don't need the proxy stuff on the command line:
Host my_hostname_1
HostName my_hostname_1
Host my_hostname_2
HostName my_hostname_2
ProxyCommand ssh my_hostname_1 netcat -w 1 %h %p
However, this is a little trickier with the password handling. While you could put the sshpass here, it's not a great idea to have passwords in plain text. Using key based authentication might be better.
A Bash script is a sequence of commands.
echo moo
echo bar
will run echo moo and wait for it to complete, then run the next command.
You can run a remote command like this:
ssh remote echo moo
which will connect to remote, run the command, and exit. If there are additional commands in the script file after this, the shell which is executing these commands will continue with the next one, obviously on the host where you started the script.
To connect to one host from another, you could in principle do
ssh host1 ssh host2
but the proxy command suggested by #zerodiff improves on several aspects of the experience.

How to put sshpass command inside a bash script?

I am trying to run a sshpass command inside a bash script but it isn't working.
If I run the same command from the terminal it works fine but running it in a bash script it doesn't.
#! /bin/bash
sshpass -p 'password' ssh user#host command
I am aware of the security issues but its not important now.
Can someone help? Am I missing something.
Thanks
Try the "-o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" option to ssh("-o" being the flag that tells ssh that your are going to use an option). This accepts any incoming RSA key from your ssh connection, even if the key is not in the "known host" list.
sshpass -p 'password' ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no user#host 'command'
Do which sshpass in your command line to get the absolute path to sshpass and replace it in the bash script.
You should also probably do the same with the command you are trying to run.
The problem might be that it is not finding it.
1 - You can script sshpass's ssh command like this:
#!/bin/bash
export SSHPASS=password
sshpass -e ssh -oBatchMode=no user#host
2 - You can script sshpass's sftp commandlike this:
#!/bin/bash
export SSHPASS=password
sshpass -e sftp -oBatchMode=no -b - user#host << !
put someFile
get anotherFile
bye
!
I didn't understand how the accepted answer answers the actual question of how to run any commands on the server after sshpass is given from within the bash script file. For that reason, I'm providing an answer.
After your provided script commands, execute additional commands like below:
sshpass -p 'password' ssh user#host "ls; whois google.com;" #or whichever commands you would like to use, for multiple commands provide a semicolon ; after the command
In your script:
#! /bin/bash
sshpass -p 'password' ssh user#host "ls; whois google.com;"
This worked for me:
#!/bin/bash
#Variables
FILELOCAL=/var/www/folder/$(date +'%Y%m%d_%H-%M-%S').csv
SFTPHOSTNAME="myHost.com"
SFTPUSERNAME="myUser"
SFTPPASSWORD="myPass"
FOLDER="myFolderIfNeeded"
FILEREMOTE="fileNameRemote"
#SFTP CONNECTION
sshpass -p $SFTPPASSWORD sftp $SFTPUSERNAME#$SFTPHOSTNAME << !
cd $FOLDER
get $FILEREMOTE $FILELOCAL
ls
bye
!
Probably you have to install sshpass:
sudo apt-get install sshpass

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