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bash script to login multiple remote server and execute a script

I want to make a script that will remote login to the multiple servers listed in a txt file like 10.3.9.6 10.3.9.7 and all servers have same username and password. and want to capture the output of ...
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ssh/scp works but rsync just constantly says “no”

Hi I have a windows 2003 server that I need to back up onto a linux client so I install cygwin on the Win2k3. On the Win2k3 I have enabled ssh, scp but (because the Win2k3 server uses an customised ...
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How many users does Linux support being logged in at the same time via SSH?

I know Linux supports multiple users being logged in at the same time. But what's the maximum number of users that can be logged into Linux at the same time? I see there are there are 69 tty files ...
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ssh with identical machines

I have two identical beaglebones that I'm working with. They have the same hostname and originally had the same IP, though I changed one to see if that made a difference. They're going to be deployed ...
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emacs fonts from ssh not as good as locally installed

How can I have the same emacs fonts and antialiasing configuration that I have in my local Ubuntu 12.04 also working when I open an emacs session via ssh to a CentOS 5 system? EDIT: I didn't get an ...
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Synchronizing subdirectory with root directory

I have files like this on my linux web server: folder1/ <- main, this is where users of my page are led to folder1/testing/ <- copy of folder1(without folder1/testing/) to modify and optimize ...
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How to put value of echo pipe netcat commands into variable [duplicate]

I have this command succession: echo -ne "/dev/shm/test.sh" | netcat 89.196.167.2 4567 and let's say it return a string like, for example "Hello...bla". (on the 89.196.167.2 i have made a server ...
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Connecting to host by SSH client in Linux by proxy

I am really struggling with this. My host (A) is behind a proxy/firewall (PF) and needs to connect to host H. The proxy has HTTP/FTP/SOCK proxy configured and I have no issue to configure in ...
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SSH File Transfer

Is it possible for me to use SSH to transfer files from my linux computer to my macbook, if so, can anyone post a brief tutorial? I kind of understand how to use SSH, but I need to know how to find ...
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Local host always being added to /etc/hosts.deny when trying to SSH

I have a rather odd problem with my server. For some reason the local hostname for my workstation keeps getting added to the /etc/hosts.deny and when I try to SSH I get: ssh_exchange_identification: ...
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Route SSH to host through interface

is it possible to route all outgoing requests for SSH (port 22) to mydynamicdns.afraid.org via wlan0 instead of eth0 when both are connected? Since my IP is dynamic, I would like to use a name ...
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Change order of Private Keys passed via SSH login

ssh -i ~/.ssh/username username@xx.xx.xx.xxx -v Server is set to accept only 3 log on tries. The ssh system is trying 3 identity files before attempting the correct identity file. debug2: key: ...
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SSH to machines in new subnet - connection timeout

I'm using RHEL4 and RHEL5. A new group of Linux machines are setup recently using 172.16.32.0/24. The existing RHEL machines are running on 172.16.1.0/22 and 172.16.4.0/22. When I try to ssh from ...
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Session terminates immediately after authentication

I have a RedHat 5.3 server with several regular users created. Since last Friday the user "xpto" is getting "Authentication failed" error messages. Tha account isn't locked out. I have reset the ...
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I hang when I try to ssh into a machine with my username (or su to my user)

Yesterday I was freely able to ssh into server box-a, and it seemingly froze on me today so I killed my putty instance. I am now unable to ssh into it. It ssh's but the prompt does not appear. I am ...
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How to safely replace one Linux distribution with another one via SSH?

I'm intending to replace a NAS's Custom Linux with Arch Linux (details at the bottom), of course wishing to preserve all user data and (due to the SSH-only headless access) attempting to be fool-proof ...
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Transfer a file from Android to a PC (not in the same network)

If I were connected by wifi in my network, there isn't any problem because with AirDroid I can access the sdcard files using the browser. However when I am out, how can I transfer a file from my ...
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How to set ssh access for user on debian?

I set groups: usermod -G ssh username and then I've checked account info: id username the result is: uid=1000(username) gid=1001(username) groups=100(username) Anyway if I try to login using ...
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SSH connection timing out

I am trying to connect to an external host that is living in the Internet. From my laptop I can ssh fine. From an Ubuntu 12.10 server, the connection times out. Since they're in the same network, ...
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change to text console using ssh

I'm connecting to target computer through SSH from command line. Target computer is running Gnome. I need to be able to tell the target computer to change its desktop to a fullscreen text console ...
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light weight disk based backup solution

Currently I am using Dirvish to backup a handful remote machines, both Linux and Windows to local disks. But Dirvish hasn't seen any updates for many years and it has a couple of small annoyances ...
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How to disable login for an user?

My Linux has many not-human users like cron, ntp, daemon, http, etc. I want to disable anybody to login as any of this users. Real people on my machine are root and me, so only root and me should be ...
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SSH daisy chaining [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Common multiple SSH connections file handling issue I am on a workstation say ws and use two servers A and B. B has most of the tools I need for my work. Although, ...
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How to decrypt an encrypted container via ssh without entering a passphrase while requiring some client authentication?

I log in to a server via public key authentication and then mount a container (using e.g. LUKS/dm-crypt or truecrypt). At the moment, I have to enter the container password manually. Is there a way to ...
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How do I execute a newly installed application with Sudo?

I have just installed an application on my Amazon EC2 instance called sshpass. I am having trouble getting it to work properly ( although, it works correctly on a non AWS instance ). I've read in ...
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How to setup password-less ssh with RSA keys

I am trying to setup a password-less SSH configuration between two machines and am having trouble. There are a ton of howtos out there that I have followed and have had no success. Here are ...
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Rebooting makes me lose my password-less keys on other machines

When I reboot my machine (as I did today) I seem to lose some functionality, specifically my previous ssh keys that I had copied over to other machines that had allowed me to login without a password ...
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SSH not landing in the home directory

I have recently installed Raspbian into a Raspberry Pi. As part of the installation process I changed the user name and group from the default (pi) to my own (let's call it user) using usermod and ...
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Fail to ssh to remote machine via hostname

The problem is that I fail to SSH to a remote machine via its hostname, while using its IP works. The hostname returned by command hostname is: california_desert while the name returned by command ...
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Linux CentOS 5 SSH User Permission Denied

Today when I try to SSH into my server, I get a permission denied message (same for sftp). It used to work well before, I didn't change any server settings, except I was trying to modify a few folders ...
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How to “jail” a user account's network capabilities on Linux?

Linux box a is connected to a home DSL line with dynamic DNS registration, hosting a tmux session to which multiple clients connect in read-only mode over SSH. All users connect using the same ...
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Can't SSH via password to a Remote Server

I've successfully VPNed to my University server on a Fedora 17 Linux terminal. $ sudo openconnect -u UNIVERSITY_USERNAMEID sslvpn.nameofuniversity.edu [sudo] password for PCUSERNAME: Attempting to ...
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Why Bash unable to find command even if $PATH is specified properly?

I am specifying path to my command in the file /etc/profile: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/app/cpn/bin My command is located in: $ which ydisplay /usr/app/cpn/bin/ydisplay So, when I performing "echo ...
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Interesting Secure Copy Behavior

I'm not entirely sure where to ask this question, so if this is not the right place just let me know and I'll move it. Today I was trying to using recursive scp to copy a directory between two Linux ...
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Undo `mv` command? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Moved bin and other folders! How to get them back? Hi I'm in desperate need of help. I'm quite new to linux so please bear with my stupidity! I entered the following ...
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from a sparse file to a block device over the network

If I have a sparse file representing a block device, then how can I efficiently restore the file over a network? Ideally, I'd use rsync -S host:file /dev/sdb, but rsync won't write to block devices. ...
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Is it safe to use /bin/cat as shell for a restricted user?

I need to remontely log on to few peoples machines to do maintanance tasks, but sometimes the machines can be behind firewalls or NAT's. The way I have been doing it is to give the user advice on how ...
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How to properly run “top” command through SSH?

I have to run top command on one computer being on another. My targeted PC has IP 192.168.0.81 I was trying to do it: ssh 192.168.0.81 top But I got this result: top: tcgetattr() failed: Invalid ...
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SSH session pauses mid datastream; resumes with a keypress

I've had this problem occur at random, intermittently, across boxes at multiple companies, multiple distros, and multiple kernel revs. I think that I'm just cursed. What happens is that I'll have a ...
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Is it possible to download extremely large files intelligently or in parts via SSH from Linux to Windows?

I have a ~35 GB file on a remote Linux Ubuntu server. Locally, I am running Windows XP, so I am connecting to the remote Linux server using SSH (specifically, I am using a Windows program called SSH ...
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exit out of all SSH connections in one command and close PuTTY

Is there a way to back out of all SSH connections and close PuTTY in "one shot"? I work in Windows 7 and use PuTTY to SSH to various Linux hosts. An example of the way I find myself working: SSH to ...
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How do I transfer files to a SunOS server via sftp with FileZilla?

According to the admin of the webserver, I should be able to use Filezilla to transfer files to the server but I am getting an error. I set up Filezilla for transferring files sftp - using these ...
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SSH login with clear text password as a parameter?

I need to login to a user that I've created on a remote host running Ubuntu. I can't use an ssh key because the ssh login will happen from a bash script ran within a server that I wont have access to ...
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Why is it possible to leave CHROOT with this config?

I'm trying to create the user lenny, that has read and write permissions in the folder /home/lenny/ and has no shell but only access via SFTP. I'm doing the following: useradd lenny mkdir /home/lenny ...
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Which users are allowed to log in via SSH by default?

When I set up my Debian 6, I was wondering, which users apart from root whose password I know can log into my system via SSH? When I install Apache 2 a user called www-data gets created. Does this ...
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caching a master passphrase on a linux server

I am trying to use keychain on debian latest stable with some difficulty. Searching online I could not find a solution, but thought perhaps a different approach or a different tool might be better in ...
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How should I start X after ssh'ing into a remote box?

I am trying to syncronize my clipboard with a remote machine using XQuartz and xsel. It works, but only after I run an X windows program: connecting from Mac OS X with Quartz running and the ...
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Is there a clipboard on non-GUI Ubuntu / Linux systems? Can I synchronize it with my local (OS X) clipboard?

I spend a lot of time on Mac OS X as a desktop system, and on the Mac there are two nice little utilities for the command line, pbcopy and pbpaste which can accept stdin and write to stdout. Is there ...
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Can I connect to Windows machine from Linux shell?

I can connect to Linux machines from Windows using PuTTY/SSH. I want to do the other way round - connect to a Windows machine from Linux. Is this possible?
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How are loaded SSH keys referenced by name?

I'm using chef's knife ec2 tool which requires the name of a loaded SSH key (that was created in the Amazon EC2 control panel) It seems strange to me that it uses a name to reference the keypair - ...

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