Thank you Mr. Lanning, I tried your suggestion, see below, and it does work like I want, but I have 2 questions. > ssh joe@xxxxxxxxxxx "sleep 1000 < /dev/null> /dev/null 2>&1 &" 1) I see a lot of scripts use the form /dev/null> /dev/null 2>&1 rather than < /dev/null> /dev/null 2>&1. Why don't you want/need the latter in scripts? 2) If I enable logging for my remote ssh command, which is an ssh command, will < /dev/null> /dev/null 2>&1 change logging in any way? > Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:28:18 -0800 > Subject: Re: Thanks and Suggestions > From: robert.lanning@xxxxxxxxx > To: secureshell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > I am not an OpenSSH developer... > > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 8:03 PM, Chris Mirchandani wrote: >> 3) Maybe this already exits, so maybe this is not a request. Would like an easy to use >> command that lets us see all the forwards and tunnels on a computer. I should be >> able to limit to one or multiple types, local, remote, dynamic, remote dynamic (if >> my request is added), tunnels initiated locally and tunnels initiated remotely. Should >> be options for all forwards only, all tunnels only everything and if you could use the >> inclusive options and exclude ones you do not want in the list. It would be great if >> I could set a specific log just for this and so that ever time thius changes it updates >> that log with the change or all the connections with the changes highlighted. e.g. >> added in front of each that was added and removed for those that were closed. No, >> gSTM (http://sourceforge.net/projects/gstm/) is not an alternative for what I am suggesting. > > I believe this would be a huge security information leak. And would > advise against > implementation. > >> 4) Command that can show all ssh connections, remote and local. > > If you need more than what "ps" or "netstat -anp", then I will refer > you to my answer to > suggestion 3. > >> >> Question >> >> Is there a way to send a command via ssh that stays open even if the the ssh session >> that created it closes? I have this figured out already, I think, but my problem is that my >> ssh session does not close like it normally does after a command is run and completed. >> So maybe my real question is, how do I do this and have the ssh session close after the >> command is run? e.g. If I run the following command, I get output and the ssh command >> closes. Of course the command I am running in this example, has an end, but the one I >> want to use does not. >> >> ssh -p 4731 root@localhost netstat -an | egrep "tcp.*:3731.*LISTEN" >> >> However, if run one of the following commands, the remote command works, but am >> not returned to the command prompt. I have to kill the ssh connection to be returned to >> a prompt and the remote command stays running after I kill the initial connection, but >> this does not help me in a script. >> >> $ ssh -p 4731 root@localhost 'ssh -q -N -D 1873 -p 3731 sshd@localhost &' >> $ ssh -p 4731 root@localhost ssh -q -N -f -D 1873 -p 3731 sshd@localhost >> >> Btw, the fact that I am using localhost does not mean that all connections are to the >> same computer. The ports are forwards. I know I can send the local command to the >> background, but there is no need to keep it open, i want to to close like it does with >> ssh -p 4731 root@localhost netstat -an | egrep "tcp.*:3731.*LISTEN". > > OpenSSH will close its connection, when no-one else has the terminal/pipe open. > This means more than just backgrounding the job. ("&") > > You must redirect STDIN, STDOUT and STDERR to somewhere else and background > the job. > > $ date > Sat Feb 28 03:18:38 PST 2009 > $ ssh joe@xxxxxxxxxxx "sleep 1000 < /dev/null> /dev/null 2>&1 &" > $ date > Sat Feb 28 03:18:41 PST 2009 > > So, with that, I redirected STDIN ("< /dev/null") and STDOUT ("> > /dev/null") then > made STDERR (2) go to the same place as STDOUT (1) ("2>&1"). Then the whole > command gets backgrounded ("&"). > > -- > And, did Galoka think the Ulus were too ugly to save? > -Centauri _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. http://windowslive.com/connect/post/marcusatmicrosoft.spaces.live.com-Blog-cns!503D1D86EBB2B53C!2285.entry?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_UGC_Contacts_032009
