Questions tagged [ssh]
Secure Shell - a network protocol for exchanging data throughout secure channel with most common uses of remote command execution (remote shell/console) and file transfer. Use this tag for programs and scripts using the SSH protocol, including the associated SCP and SFTP file-transfer mechanisms.
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Are your servers down...?
If you came here because of the title, chances are your server isn't down. But if by some miraculous reason it is:
A while ago, I posted a program that would ssh and ping all the servers at work. I ...
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Load SSH key remotely
I often create new accounts or virtual machines, and then have to load my SSH public key/signature in to the authorized keys on that account. That process can be tedious, so I created this script that ...
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Becoming a Perl bandit
I've posted a few questions about natas a wargame. But I'm stuck at natas29 it has to do with Perl. I've never coded in Perl before.
Thus to help me beat the last few levels, I decided it is time to ...
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Squire for your recursive SSH adventures
One day I used to SSH to lots of machines to do some administrative tasks. I constantly used l to list directories just like I do on my own machines. Guess what, ...
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Running SSH commands on multiple servers
At the company I work at, we have no real way to quickly execute shell commands on all of our customers systems, which often results in what we call Tiny Tim tasks, ...
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SFTP Ruby script for downloading files from server
I have written this Ruby script to download some file from server using SFTP. Help me improve this one.
Find the original script at this link
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Remotely collect server data using Net::OpenSSH Perl
I am newbie in Perl programming and currently trying to use Net::OpenSSH module in my code, my new code as below which the task is to run multiple command in remote server,
Code as below::
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Cancel those hung print jobs
I've created a program that will list all hung print jobs on a specified server, from there it will load them and strip the jobs down to their Job ID then cancel ...
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Reading an SSH config file for an IP
I wrote this class which reads an SSH config file and checks whether an IP exists. If the IP does not exist, the class adds a block for that IP address.
Header file:
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SSH chatting tool
I have taught myself some bash and already knew some AppleScript, so I have come up with this SSH chatting tool for OS X users. It allows you to chat from a terminal to another OS X computer.
One ...
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Java batch movie downloader
The idea is to batch download a list of movies (torrents) off a torrent site and add them to your server.
I have a little bit of Java experience (sophomore in college), so I'm looking for things that ...
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Server status checker
I've created a program for work that checks the status of all our servers quickly. What we use to have to do is ssh into each server manually.
I'm looking for some ...
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SSH passing your Public key to all the users on remote host
I've grown tired of typing my password back and forth to all the hosts you connect to, i want to be able to jump to every single user on all the hosts with ease.
So i've made this script with a ...
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Send commands over SSH to server
Here's a very small and basic script that sends commands over SSH to another computer on my network:
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Python script to execute a command using Paramiko SSH
I wrote this to learn exactly how paramiko worked in Py3. Also to keep as a code snippet for future work-related scripts. I know it can be tweaked and I'm hoping you experienced folks can help with ...
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Sending an XML file to an SFTP site
I have a console application that basically retrieves XML content, writes to the XML file and sends the file to an SFTP site:
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throwcatch: Super easy, SFTP-based backup tool
I've been working on a project for fun, it has reached a place of pretty decent stability and I would like to hear any and all criticisms you can find.
The project basically enables admins to create ...
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Copy files from directory to SSH Server
The overall idea is: I have an Android phone and I would like to copy the files in a folder from the phone (which is running an SSH server, that's how I connect to it) to a harddrive connected to my ...
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Command-line ssh address book app
I'm trying to learn a bit about Golang and decided to try out building an SSH address book command-line app. I used a YAML library to serialize and store data in a configuration file. The app has a ...
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Simple SSH bruteforcer in Ruby
I'm pretty new to Ruby, and working in the IT security field, I thought to make something useful to my work while I learn the language (even though I'm reinventing the wheel).
The script is working ...
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Creating remote directories in a bash script via ssh (with error trapping)
I'd like to create directories on a remote VM, but only if they do not exist. What's more, if creating the directory results in an error (exit status != 0) I'd like the script to exit as well, or at ...
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Bash script using SSH to sum disk usage on NetApp
I have tried to come with below bash script which is at least working for me, i know its not perfect and that why i want some review and suggestion to make it more aligned with bash practices. I'm ...
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Fetching system info using python
The following piece of code does ssh do different servers and fetches the system info and display it to the user:
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Locking a remote file
I am using Java to modify remote files in different machines by ssh. At the same time, only one thread is allowed to modify the file in one machine.
I implement the logic like this:
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Python File Explorer / RSync Terminal User Interface
I've been working on my first python program for a few weeks now and I feel like the program is at a decent stage to begin sharing. The premise was to create a file explorer that eases the use of ...
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Log Retrieval Script
I wrote a simple script to retrieve the logs from my website, and place them in a subdirectory called logs. It fetches the logs using sftp. I would like help with ...
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Finding all non-empty directories and their files on an SFTP server with Paramiko
The purpose of the following function is to find all non-empty directories, and the files in those non-empty directories. It recursively checks each directory on an SFTP server to see if it has any ...
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Logging the load balance
I created a load balancing server at work and have to keep track of which server it adds the user to, so I wrote a little Ruby script that will do just that.
I'm looking for any critique of my work, ...
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Syncing GitHub repositories local, remote and forks
It's a simple bash script but I'm hoping for feedback, advice and examples on how to improve the script and code. Can you guide me how to put more checks in the code and more if possible?
This code:
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Basic automation of SSH tasks in a restricted environment
I'm trying to implement a simple automation solution in a restricted environment. I have actually implemented something but it took a bit longer than I wanted. I want to improve the solution and I'll ...
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Moving WordPress database and files to new host
I've written a script in an attempt to try to automate moving hosts from old hosts to our new docker containers.
All feedback and input appreciated!
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SSH autokiller for connections from other systems
I was messing around with ssh and decided to write a python program that scans for any connections that aren't from the system, then terminates them. It works well ...
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Restricted file upload to remote the Ruby way
I am using a Rails web app on the machine webapp, from which I call an action, that pushes a file to a remote server backend. ...
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Execute script on remote host and obtain variables on localhost
This executes a predefined script on a remote host, and somehow retrieve variable values without affecting STDOUT and STDERR.
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Tauri/Rust small program to upload files with use of threads and openssh
First time I'm using Rust in one of my programs and I feel a lot can be improved. I don't have any colleagues / friends that already used Rust so this is the only way to get some validation that it's ...
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Bash script to mirror XWindow to remote SSH host
The source code within this question aims to provide a short-cut for mirroring a local XWindow (or session) to a remote host via SSH port forwarding, such as:
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Systems management using SSH for my school
I wrote this script in order to generate a hosts.txt file with the IP addresses of the laptops in my school.
Each laptop is assigned a number, and their IP addresses are assigned to them with the ...
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Python rsync to copy the logs from multiple remote servers
I have the below code which i'm working to copy(using rsync) the contents From remote host labserver01 and dumps those into the directory ...
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Bash menu for accessing network equipment
I wrote a menu in bash to access network equipment, but now there are too many of them to show in one screen to permit selecting one without scrolling up or down. I need it to be improved.
I've ...
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Executing a command using Net::SSH
According to the local cop (rubocop), my method has too many lines.
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Ghostscript check, sends e-mail if one occurs
I've created a program that will search our work server where Ghostscripts occur. How it accomplishes this is by first sshing to the server specified, running a ...
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Transfer data from a PLC on remote server into MQTT
Newbie here. I want to write a code that can open an SSH Tunnel for a remote server, then read out the data from a PLC and transfers it in JSON format via MQTT. This is my code, but I don't think this ...
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Bash script to scp specific, most-recent files from remote server
I'm writing a helper script that I wish to be able to share with my co-workers. We all work using macOS Mojave, but all have their own shell configurations. For example, I actually use ZSH and bash 5....
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SSH log in to multiple devices, save local config and transfer to backup server
I don't really know the best way to deal with long lines. The comments may be a little excessive. To me it seems like too much code for how "little" is actually done. I'm not that experienced and want ...
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Concurrent SSH session pool
In my application I need to perform several SSH commands from Windows to a Linux machine.
Since I need to reduce as much as possible the SSH calls overhead and also limit the number of concurrent ...
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SSH Class with a method for downloading via SCP
I am looking for a code review on this class. I found myself writing this logic a lot, so trying to save myself some time.
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Retrieve Logs from Multiple Containers on Remote Server
Recently I had the requirement to allow multiple containers of the same application to be run on a single development server. This requirement drastically changed how we retrieve logs over SSH from ...
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Ruby - Sending commands to multiple servers using Net::SSH
The idea
At my work, I'm tasked with retrieving logs for a list of online orders from a total of 12 servers. To do this, I SSH into them (with a jump host in between) one by one, run the script for ...
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