topic Remotely starting rc scripts doesn't work in Operating System - Linux

Remotely starting rc scripts doesn't work

dbsanders — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:23:41 GMT

RHEL 5
What am I missing? I can start the services with an interactive login on the server, but when I try with remsh (rsh) or ssh from another server, it hangs before I see the [OK].

# /etc/init.d/samba start
Starting Samba smbd: [ OK ]

# ssh server "/etc/init.d/samba start"
Starting Samba smbd:

Re: Remotely starting rc scripts doesn't work

Matti_Kurkela — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:04:05 GMT

My first guess would be: the [OK] display uses TTY control features, and a non-interactive SSH connection does not allocate a pseudo-TTY unless explicitly requested.

So try this:

ssh -t server "/etc/init.d/samba start"

MK

Re: Remotely starting rc scripts doesn't work

dbsanders — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:49:14 GMT

Thanks, that was the issue.