[j-nsp] ssh (cli?) differences in 6.4R2.

[Igor Gashinsky]

Hey Scott,

	I ran into this exact issue as well, and according to juniper 
that's the way it will work from this point on (previous behavior was 
broken). To get multi-commands to work via ssh, do this:

ssh user at router-6.4 "cli -c 'command1; command2'"

Hope this helps,
-igor

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Scott A. McIntyre wrote:

:: Hello,
:: 
:: After recently upgrading a M160 from 5.7 to 6.4R2 we've noticed a change in
:: behaviour that we're not sure is associated with the process of upgrading, or
:: a configuration change in how SSH and the CLI behaves.
:: 
:: The issue is that previously we could invoke CLI commands via a ssh session,
:: chaining commands together with ";" to perform a series of actions.  For
:: example:
:: 
:: ssh user at 6.4-router "edit ; set policy-options prefix-list FUBAR 1.2.3.4/32 ;
:: commit"
:: 
:: However, with 6.4R2 any attempt to submit a command with the SSH login
:: request is not sent to the JunOS cli but directly to the shell (apparently
:: because sh -c is invoked by default):
:: 
:: ssh scott at 6.4-router "id"
:: 
:: uid=2007(scott) gid=20(staff) groups=20(staff), 0(wheel), 10(field),
:: 11(floppy)
:: 
:: Whilst we can invoke the cli by making the command to run "cli" we lose the
:: ability to chain commands together.
:: 
:: On any other version of JunOS we have (5.7 -> 6.4R1):
:: 
:: ssh scott at 5.7-router "id"
:: 
:: error: unknown command: id
:: 
:: (As it's at the CLI level).
:: 
:: Note that this behaviour is only seen when you include a command to execute
:: with the SSH request; with no command you end up at the normal JunOS CLI
:: prompt (not the shell).
:: 
:: What is the right way to make this the default so that ssh sessions inclusive
:: of commands to execute are done at the CLI level, and not sent through
:: /bin/sh?
:: 
:: Thanks,
:: 
:: Scott A. McIntyre
:: XS4ALL Internet B.V.
:: 
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