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

[Daniel Verlouw]

Does this new behaviour also break tools such as rancid?  (most likely 
it does? :-( ).

-Daniel.

On Nov 16, 2004, at 8:36 AM, Igor Gashinsky wrote:

> 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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