Re: PLEASE HELP Trying to use SSH programmatically to run program on remote host
- From: blatvin991@xxxxxxxxx (Bill Latvin)
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:12:26 GMT
On 20 Feb 2006 14:57:09 -0800, "cpptutor2000@xxxxxxxxx"
<cpptutor2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Could some C guru help me please? I am using the following program to
open a SSH connection to a remote host and eventually run a program on
that remote host.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]){
char command[50];
if(argc < 4){
printf("user name and/or remote host name and/or");
printf(" directory name not supplied\n");
printf("usage: ./argtest <username> <hostname> <remote directory
name>\n");
exit(0);
}
sprintf(command, "ssh %s@%s \"cd %s;\"", argv[1], argv[2], argv[3]);
/* printf("%s\n", command); */
system(command);
return 0;
}
After compilation, I use the command line arguments as follows:
./argtest dixit linux02.phy.utexas.edu
/home/phy/students/dixit/txtfiles
I get the following response:
Warning: the RSA host key for 'linux02.phy.utexas.edu' differs from the
key for the IP address '128.83.59.122'
Offending key for IP in /home/phy/students/dixit/.ssh/known_hosts:1
Matching host key in /home/phy/students/dixit/.ssh/known_hosts:5
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
dixit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx's password:
Memory fault(coredump)
Could someone please point out what the problem is, that is causing the
coredump, and how to
fix it? I mean, if I just login to the remote machine, then there is no
problem at all, but if I attempt
to go some particular directory, I get this stupid core dump.
Moreover, if I can get into the remote machine and type in 'hostname
-v' I get the name of the local host, NOT the remote machine.
Thanks in advance for your help.
It looks like sprintf will be trying to place more characters in
"command" than sizeof(command).
Also, it sounds like you are not aware that if you specify a command
as an argument of ssh (cd in this case), ssh will end the remote
session after running the command. It sounds like you expect it to
stay connected in a shell session. If you have a questions about ssh,
this is not the appropriate newsgroup.
Bill Latvin
.
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