[Techtalk] Shell script not working for a remote ssh login - manually entering commands work fine

[Lucky Lady]

Thanks Hugo - it works.

DaLy
--- Hugo Chasqueira <hchasqueira at netcabo.pt> wrote:
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> Lucky Lady escreveu:
> 
> > I just set up a remote ssh logon without using a
> > password. All works fine. Basically, I want to be
> able
> > to use a shell script to copy a tarball from the
> > remote PC to my backup PC. When I enter these
> commands
> > in manually, everything works.
> >
> > 1. su backup
> > 2. scp
> > support.mycompany.com:/home/backup/support.tar.gz
> > /home/backup/cur_support.tar.gz
> > 3. exit
> >
> > This takes a few minutes as the tarball is 12 mb.
> >
> > However, when I put these commands in a shell
> script
> > and run it, the tarball is not copied and I remain
> on
> > the remote pc. Here is my shell script:
> 
> 
> Your script only executes to the su command. The su
> command spawns a new 
> shell, which doesn't know nothing about the script
> that launched it. 
> Therefor, it doesn't execute the remaining commands.
> 
> To run a script with another user priviledges, you
> could try:
> 
> su -c backup yourscriptname
> 
> and remove the su line from the script.
> 
> - -- 
> Hugo Chasqueira
> 
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