SUMMARY: Low level (?) error "Error int getting (TCGETA) tty params" executing scripts remotely with SSH and sudo

As usual we quickly got quick and interesting proposals.

Two were axed around assumptions about terminal types and proposed the ssh
switches -n and -t.

I was able to test -n which didn't work just trying (didn't read the man on
ssh)

ssh -n mmsgui@mpm sudo /opt/MPMServer/bin/MPMGuiIhm -c status

I also got some proposals to insert " and \" but I wasn't successful before
the solution (below) came.

Didn't have time to try everything before our programmers modified the source
program MPMGuiIhm.

Apparently there was a call to ioctl.h to get terminal parameters in that
program. When the call was removed it worked.

Unfortunately my summary could be a more complete regarding the switches, but
unfortunately I don't have more elements.

Ragnar

_____________________________________________
From: Ragnar Moller (MA/EAF)
Sent: mardi 31 octobre 2006 17:04
To: sunmanagers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Low level (?) error "Error int getting (TCGETA) tty params"
executing scripts remotely with SSH and sudo


We are using ssh to start scripts remotely on a bunch of servers. Commands
cans be things like

ssh mpm ls -ld

Or

ssh mmsgui@mpm sudo /etc/init.d/serverControl.sh status

The examples above work perfectly and result in the desired output.

On the other hand, the following command, which works perfectly on the local
machine, does not work with ssh and produces the following output (first the
command).

ssh mmsgui@mpm sudo /opt/MPMServer/bin/MPMGuiIhm -c status
Error int getting (TCGETA) tty params: Invalid argument
status

MPMServer IHM module: version 3.0
Starting up...
openning logfile...done

MPMihm Exiting...


Cordialement,

Ragnar Moller

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