On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 09:41:31 -0500 > bruce wrote: > >> ssh user1@ipaddress command & (assuming that the '&' runs the local >> ssh in the background -- it doesn't!) > > I have no idea how it could fail to run it in the background, > unless perhaps it is stopping because it is asking for tty input. > You can fix that with the -n option and/or -f options. > > Or perhaps it is asking for credentials. You can fix that with public > keys and an ssh-agent so it doesn't have to ask. ----- Hey Tom, My bad forgot to mention that my tests have the pub/priv key set so running the SSH test runs without needing to provide the user passwd. I'll investigate the -n/-f options though.. thanks > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx