Need Help for remsh script

[Peter Lachnitt]

Hello all,
I am try to using a script to change lines in the /etc/passwd and /etc/group on dif. servers.
It works on the local server but not on the remote server.

remsh $i \
sed '/kal/s/$/,maierchr,knoerpte/' /etc/group > /etc/tmp_group
/usr/bin/mv /etc/tmp_group /etc/group

sed '/maierchr/s/201/84/g' /etc/passwd > /etc/tmp_passwd
/usr/bin/mv /etc/tmp_passwd /etc/passwd

sed '/knoerpte/s/201/84/g' /etc/passwd > /etc/tmp_passwd
/usr/bin/mv /etc/tmp_passwd /etc/passwd

fi
done

exit 0

Thanks

Peter Gaube

[Robin Wakefield]

Hi Peter,

You appear to have a quote problem - as it stands, everything after the 1st sed is running locally, so:

remove the double-quote at the end of the first sed and from both ends of the following line. Insert a double-quote at the end of the last mv.

remsh $i \
"sed '/kal/s/$/,maierchr,knoerpte/' /etc/group > /etc/tmp_group
/usr/bin/mv /etc/tmp_group /etc/group
sed '/maierchr/s/201/84/g' /etc/passwd > /etc/tmp_passwd
/usr/bin/mv /etc/tmp_passwd /etc/passwd
sed '/knoerpte/s/201/84/g' /etc/passwd > /etc/tmp_passwd
/usr/bin/mv /etc/tmp_passwd /etc/passwd"

Rgds, Robin.

[Herve BRANGIER]

Hi

Think you have to put your multiple commands
in " ", for example :

remsh $i "cd / ; ls "

And use ; to separate your commands.

When you call remsh for more than one command
you must consider you are in command line and
want your commands string together.

HTH

Herv?

[Herve BRANGIER · Accepted solution]

Hi again

I'm also working on scripts using remsh...
I saw that when you ping an unreachable host
return value for ping is 0 like for host you
can ping...

Are you sure about your test on ping's return
value ?

The only way I found was :
if [ -n `ping $i 100 -n 1 | grep "0 packets received"` ]

You can also test with a remsh (remsh $i /bin/ls >/dev/null) it return 0 only if command
was executed...

HTH

Herv?