On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 1:28 PM, bruce <badouglas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > --- hmmm..... ok... tried the SSH without the "-t"... ssh -vvv crawl_user@67.205.151.11 "ls /crawl_tmp;" & this works -- no prob... returns as expected... this doesn't.. ssh -vvv -t crawl_user@67.205.151.11 "ls /crawl_tmp;" so... what's the use of the "-t" and when is it required/not required! > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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