X-Recipient:	archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com
X-SWARE-Spam-Status:	No, hits=2.7 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,BOTNET,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_NO,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE
X-Spam-Check-By:	sourceware.org
Message-id:	<4F8349E5.7000702@cygwin.com>
Date:	Mon, 09 Apr 2012 16:43:17 -0400
From:	"Larry Hall (Cygwin)" <reply-to-list-only-lh AT cygwin DOT com>
Reply-to:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
User-Agent:	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120327 Thunderbird/11.0.1
MIME-version:	1.0
To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject:	Re: Problem starting an executable from SSH
References:	<CAE4vMRd+-HGNC0OxkhybQUkVZFcB8nfrYex6kMp-vaRfBAG_2Q AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> <CAE4vMRdG+eVAKLL5qos1wznUotbAAUw4szeY2NiCwirOSt=ZAA AT mail DOT gmail DOT com>
In-reply-to:	<CAE4vMRdG+eVAKLL5qos1wznUotbAAUw4szeY2NiCwirOSt=ZAA@mail.gmail.com>
Mailing-List:	contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm
List-Id:	<cygwin.cygwin.com>
List-Subscribe:	<mailto:cygwin-subscribe AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Archive:	<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/>
List-Post:	<mailto:cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
List-Help:	<mailto:cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com>, <http://sourceware.org/ml/#faqs>
Sender:	cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com
Mail-Followup-To:	cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Delivered-To:	mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com

On 4/9/2012 4:35 PM, Jacques Guillou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have some trouble using SSH to remotely start an executable on a
> Windows XP which is running SSHD on Cygwin.
> If I log into the windows machine using a simple "$ ssh
> username AT machine_name" command and then start the executable from the
> BASH in interactive mode, then everything is fine, but I would
> actually like to start the executable directly from the SSH
> command-line with the following command:
> $ echo "myExecutable" | ssh username AT machine_name "bash -s"
> The problem is that, in that case, my executable (a C/C++ compiler ".exe" file)
> starts successfully but then reports a failure during the check of the
> validity of the license.
>
> So my questions:
>   - What actually happens when I log with SSH into a Cygwin machine ?
> What scripts are started after the authentication has succeeded ?
>   - What could explain that the behavior of my executable is not the
> same in both situations (started from interactive BASH session, or
> started directly as input of "bash -s") ?

According to the 'ssh' manpage:

      If command is specified, it is executed on the remote host instead of a
      login shell.

Since you've specified 'bash -s', the statement above applies.  Add '-l' and
see if that helps.

-- 
Larry

_____________________________________________________________________

A: Yes.
 > Q: Are you sure?
 >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
 >>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

--
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple

- Raw text -