Execute local script on remote Linux host

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I have a local script that will not run without root privs on the remote host. I have edited and allowed the sudoers file to run the script from the home dir (/home/username/script). The script creates a txt file with the results but I redirect the output to terminal and pipe the output to a text file on the local machine.

I cannot "ssh user@hostname sudo -Sv < script.sh > results.txt" because this will not run the script from the remote host, specifically the home dir.

Does anyone know of a way (one line) to copy the script to the remote host & execute it as root while retrieving the output?

Thank you for any assistance

Gregory Patmore · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21 18:22:28Z

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if you have sudo, AND allowed to sudo to root, then this works with a bit less syntax:

ssh -T user@hostname 'sudo su -' < script.sh

answered Nov 21, 2013 at 18:22

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Barmar · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-01 18:32:09Z

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Copy the script with scp, then run it.

scp script.sh user@hostname:
ssh user@hostname sudo ./script.sh > results.txt

To do it in one line:

ssh user@hostname 'cat > script.sh; chmod 755 script.sh; sudo ./script.sh' < script.sh > results.txt

However, this won't work if you need to enter a password into sudo. All of ssh's stdin will be put in the script. There might be a way to do this using Expect, but I don't have much expertise there.

edited Aug 1, 2013 at 18:32

answered Aug 1, 2013 at 18:23

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John Milller Over a year ago

Thank you for the prompt response! The ssh keys aren't stored so I will need to enter a 14 char pswd both when scp'ing and ssh'ing. Is there a way to one-line it?

John Milller Over a year ago

I won't need to enter a password for sudo (running the script). This seems like it will work great! Also,Thanks a lot for your time and help!!

Rafareino Over a year ago

It isn't a correct response to the question, it was about running a command remotely, not pushing to remote machine!

Barmar Over a year ago

The last line of the question says copy the script to the remote host & execute it.

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