How to avoid additional enter when using ssh

Hi All,

I use OpenVMS V7.3-2 on Alpha with TCPIP V5.4 ECO 6.
I use SSH.
The ssh declared version (ssh -h) is 3.2.0 .

There is an annoying behavior of ssh (both when activated towards a
remote OpenVMS machine or
a Windows machin). The example is:

I activate:
$ SSH -o "batchmode yes" vms2 "@test" ! vms2 is the name of the
remote node
where the test.com contains, for example:

$ show time

The output is:
Authentication successful

{the current date & time}

And there it stops AND WAITS FOR MY ADDITIONAL ENTER !!!

So, how can I avoid the additional ENTER ?!

By the way: The SSH command procedure on the remote node is actually
used as a
"post-copy function", to move files that sftp copied but cannot
bring to their final target in the remote nodet. The "show time"
example here is just for
simlicitly.

Thanks,
Ami.

ami.kurt...@gmail.com wrote:
[color=blue]
> [...]
> $ SSH -o "batchmode yes" vms2 "@test" ! vms2 is the name of the
> remote node
> where the test.com contains, for example:
>
> $ show time
>
> The output is:
> Authentication successful
>
> {the current date & time}
>
> And there it stops AND WAITS FOR MY ADDITIONAL ENTER !!!
>
> So, how can I avoid the additional ENTER ?!
> [...][/color]

The only solution I've found was a suggestion on the ITRC forum. Not
classy, but apparently effective:

define /user_mode sys$command nl:
ssh host -o "batchmode yes" "@ cmd_proc.com"

For example:

alp $ ssh alp -o "batchmode yes" "@ my_mode.com"
Authentication successful.


My mode is NETWORK. [Hangs.]

alp $ define /user_mode sys$command nl:
alp $ ssh alp -o "batchmode yes" "@ my_mode.com"
Authentication successful.


My mode is NETWORK.
alp $


The hanging seems to depend on exactly what's in the command
procedure,
but I haven't bothered to puzzle out exactly what causes it.

On 5 mei, 15:18, sms.antin...@gmail.com wrote:[color=blue]
> ami.kurt...@gmail.com wrote:[color=green]
> > [...]
> > $ SSH -o "batchmode yes" vms2 "@test" ! vms2 is the name of the
> > remote node
> > where the test.com contains, for example:[/color]
>[color=green]
> > $ show time[/color]
>[color=green]
> > The output is:
> > Authentication successful[/color]
>[color=green]
> > {the current date & time}[/color]
>[color=green]
> > And there it stops AND WAITS FOR MY ADDITIONAL ENTER !!![/color]
>[color=green]
> > So, how can I avoid the additional ENTER ?!
> > [...][/color]
>
> The only solution I've found was a suggestion on the ITRC forum. Not
> classy, but apparently effective:
>
> define /user_mode sys$command nl:
> ssh host -o "batchmode yes" "@ cmd_proc.com"
>
> For example:
>
> alp $ ssh alp -o "batchmode yes" "@ my_mode.com"
> Authentication successful.
>
> My mode is NETWORK. [Hangs.]
>
> alp $ define /user_mode sys$command nl:
> alp $ ssh alp -o "batchmode yes" "@ my_mode.com"
> Authentication successful.
>
> My mode is NETWORK.
> alp $
>
> The hanging seems to depend on exactly what's in the command
> procedure,
> but I haven't bothered to puzzle out exactly what causes it.[/color]

As you already found out this seems to be an ssh client issue. On
TCPIP/IP 5.6
eco 2 it seems to work, but on TCPIP 5.4 ECO 6 and 7 it doesn't work.
There are however point -fix ssh images for TCPIP 5.4 available at HP
that fix this problem
(among others) as we have them installed on some systems, and there
the extra enter is not needed.
I would contact HP if I were you.

regards,
jose

On May 5, 6:02 pm, Jose Baars <p...@peut.org> wrote:[color=blue]
> On 5 mei, 15:18, sms.antin...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>[color=green]
> > ami.kurt...@gmail.com wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > [...]
> > > $ SSH -o "batchmode yes" vms2 "@test" ! vms2 is the name of the
> > > remote node
> > > where the test.com contains, for example:[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > $ show time[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > The output is:
> > > Authentication successful[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > {the current date & time}[/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > And there it stops AND WAITS FOR MY ADDITIONAL ENTER !!![/color][/color]
>[color=green][color=darkred]
> > > So, how can I avoid the additional ENTER ?!
> > > [...][/color][/color]
>[color=green]
> > The only solution I've found was a suggestion on the ITRC forum. Not
> > classy, but apparently effective:[/color]
>[color=green]
> > define /user_mode sys$command nl:
> > ssh host -o "batchmode yes" "@ cmd_proc.com"[/color]
>[color=green]
> > For example:[/color]
>[color=green]
> > alp $ ssh alp -o "batchmode yes" "@ my_mode.com"
> > Authentication successful.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > My mode is NETWORK. [Hangs.][/color]
>[color=green]
> > alp $ define /user_mode sys$command nl:
> > alp $ ssh alp -o "batchmode yes" "@ my_mode.com"
> > Authentication successful.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > My mode is NETWORK.
> > alp $[/color]
>[color=green]
> > The hanging seems to depend on exactly what's in the command
> > procedure,
> > but I haven't bothered to puzzle out exactly what causes it.[/color]
>
> As you already found out this seems to be an ssh client issue. On
> TCPIP/IP 5.6
> eco 2 it seems to work, but on TCPIP 5.4 ECO 6 and 7 it doesn't work.
> There are however point -fix ssh images for TCPIP 5.4 available at HP
> that fix this problem
> (among others) as we have them installed on some systems, and there
> the extra enter is not needed.
> I would contact HP if I were you.
>
> regards,
> jose[/color]

to [email]sms.antinode@gmail.com[/email] and Jose:

Thanks. I'll soon move to TCPIP/IP 5.6 eco 2, so this problem will be
solved then.
Anyway, The bypass suggested by [email]sms.antinode@gmail.com[/email] works, and
will serve me for the time being. Again - Thanks a lot !

regards,
Ami