Unable to run a command with arguments via SSH
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Hi,
I'm trying to execute a command with an argument via SSH, but the command is always executed without the arguments:
$ ssh admin@192.168.1.1 "uname" FreeBSD $ ssh admin@192.168.1.1 "uname -a" FreeBSD
While on a linux system this is working fine:
$ ssh root@192.168.1.2 "uname -a" Linux samplehost 3.10.0 ... x86_64 GNU/Linux
Currently was unable to find the setting which might prevent this
Thanks a lot for your support in advance!
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Hi,
Well, another proof that "Linux" (a kernel) isn't FreeBSD (a kernel and the name of an OS) ? ;)
pfSense, as a whole, can be considered an OS based on a 'mangled' up FreeBSD OS.When you ssh into pfSense, using ssh or Putty, you'll be seeing a ASCII menu, and your not dropped into some kind of online shell.
Restart your command without 'uname' and you see what I mean.Btw : I saw in the doc / manual / forum that there are ways to drop in a shell right away.
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Just found out that the menu which is started for the admin login is causing that the arguments for a SSH command execution are ditched. If you perform the same command with a different user it is working fine:
$ ssh example@192.168.1.1 uname -a FreeBSD examplehost 10.3-RELEASE-p22 FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p22 ... i386
Thanks!
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You can use
root@
for that. Same password asadmin
, but without the menu lock-in. -
root@
also drops me into the menu$ ssh root@192.168.1.1 pfSense - Netgate Device ID: xyz *** Welcome to pfSense 2.3.5-RELEASE (i386 full-install) on pfsense *** ... 0) Logout (SSH only) 9) pfTop 1) Assign Interfaces 10) Filter Logs 2) Set interface(s) IP address 11) Restart webConfigurator 3) Reset webConfigurator password 12) PHP shell + pfSense tools 4) Reset to factory defaults 13) Update from console 5) Reboot system 14) Disable Secure Shell (sshd) 6) Halt system 15) Restore recent configuration 7) Ping host 16) Restart PHP-FPM 8) Shell Enter an option:
But interestingly the command arguments are working
$ ssh root@192.168.1.1 uname -a FreeBSD ... root@ce23-i386-builder:/builder/pfsense-235/tmp/obj/builder/pfsense-235/tmp/FreeBSD-src/sys/pfSense i386
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Yes, root takes you to the menu but doesn't lock you into the menu like admin.
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