On 3 March 2010 21:20, Tim Nelson <tnel...@rockbochs.com> wrote: > Greetings All- > > I'm about to embark on some remote management testing and need a way to login > to a remote system running CentOS 4.x/5.x via SSH, su to root (using a > password), then execute a command. > > I currently login to the boxes using key based SSH like this: > > ssh -i ~/remote_key ad...@$remoteip > > Then, I SU to root. However, if I try to do this automatically like this: > > ssh -i ~/remote_key ad...@$remoteip 'su -l' > > I'm getting: > > "standard in must be a tty" > > So, how am I able to remote login using SSH, su to root, then execute a > command as root? > > All comments and suggestions welcome. Thanks! > > --Tim > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
Best off configuring sudo for that user (with no password) and make sure that user has !requiretty in the sudoers configuration. James _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
