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Remote execute command via SSH-tunnel triggered by a button [duplicate]

I have a piece of code which connects to a Unix server and executes commands.
I have been trying with simple commands and they work fine.
I am able to login and get the output of the commands.
I need to run an Ab-initio graph through Java.
I am using the air sandbox run graph command for this.
It runs fine, when I login using SSH client and run the command. I am able to run the graph. However, when I try to run the command through Java it gives me a "air not found" error.
Is there any kind of limit on what kind of Unix commands JSch supports?
Any idea why I'm not able to run the command through my Java code?
Here's the code:
public static void connect(){
try{
JSch jsch=new JSch();
String host="*****";
String user="*****";
String config =
"Host foo\n"+
" User "+user+"\n"+
" Hostname "+host+"\n";
ConfigRepository configRepository =
com.jcraft.jsch.OpenSSHConfig.parse(config);
jsch.setConfigRepository(configRepository);
Session session=jsch.getSession("foo");
String passwd ="*****";
session.setPassword(passwd);
UserInfo ui = new MyUserInfo(){
public boolean promptYesNo(String message){
int foo = 0;
return foo==0;
}
};
session.setUserInfo(ui);
session.connect();
String command="air sandbox run <graph-path>";
Channel channel=session.openChannel("exec");
((ChannelExec)channel).setCommand(command);
channel.setInputStream(null);
((ChannelExec)channel).setErrStream(System.err);
InputStream in=channel.getInputStream();
channel.connect();
byte[] tmp=new byte[1024];
while(true){
while(in.available()>0){
int i=in.read(tmp, 0, 1024);
if(i<0)break;
page_message=new String(tmp, 0, i);
System.out.print(page_message);
}
if(channel.isClosed()){
if(in.available()>0) continue;
System.out.println("exit-status: "+channel.getExitStatus());
break;
}
try{Thread.sleep(1000);}catch(Exception ee){}
}
channel.disconnect();
session.disconnect();
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}
}
public static void main(String arg[]){
connect();
}
public String return_message(){
String ret_message=page_message;
return ret_message;
}
public static abstract class MyUserInfo
implements UserInfo, UIKeyboardInteractive{
public String getPassword(){ return null; }
public boolean promptYesNo(String str){ return false; }
public String getPassphrase(){ return null; }
public boolean promptPassphrase(String message){ return false; }
public boolean promptPassword(String message){ return false; }
public void showMessage(String message){ }
public String[] promptKeyboardInteractive(String destination,
String name,
String instruction,
String[] prompt,
boolean[] echo){
return null;
}
}

The "exec" channel in the JSch (rightfully) does not allocate a pseudo terminal (PTY) for the session. As a consequence a different set of startup scripts is (might be) sourced (particularly for non-interactive sessions, .bash_profile is not sourced). And/or different branches in the scripts are taken, based on absence/presence of the TERM environment variable. So the environment might differ from the interactive session, you use with your SSH client.
So, in your case, the PATH is probably set differently; and consequently the air executable cannot be found.
To verify that this is the root cause, disable the pseudo terminal allocation in your SSH client. For example in PuTTY, it's Connection > SSH > TTY > Don't allocate a pseudo terminal. Then, go to Connection > SSH > Remote command and enter your air ... command. Check Session > Close window on exit > Never and open the session. You should get the same "air not found" error.
Ways to fix this, in preference order:
Fix the command not to rely on a specific environment. Use a full path to air in the command. E.g.:
/bin/air sandbox run <graph-path>
If you do not know the full path, on common *nix systems, you can use which air command in your interactive SSH session.
Fix your startup scripts to set the PATH the same for both interactive and non-interactive sessions.
Try running the script explicitly via login shell (use --login switch with common *nix shells):
bash --login -c "air sandbox run sandbox run <graph-path>"
If the command itself relies on a specific environment setup and you cannot fix the startup scripts, you can change the environment in the command itself. Syntax for that depends on the remote system and/or the shell. In common *nix systems, this works:
String command="PATH=\"$PATH;/path/to/air\" && air sandbox run <graph-path>";
Another (not recommended) approach is to force the pseudo terminal allocation for the "exec" channel using the .setPty method:
Channel channel = session.openChannel("exec");
((ChannelExec)channel).setPty(true);
Using the pseudo terminal to automate a command execution can bring you nasty side effects. See for example Is there a simple way to get rid of junk values that come when you SSH using Python's Paramiko library and fetch output from CLI of a remote machine?
For a similar issues, see
Certain Unix commands fail with "... not found", when executed through Java using JSch even with setPty enabled
Commands executed using JSch behaves differently than in SSH terminal (bypasses confirm prompt message of "yes/"no")
JSch: Is there a way to expose user environment variables to "exec" channel?
Command (.4gl) executed with SSH.NET SshClient.RunCommand fails with "No such file or directory"

you could try to find out where "air" resides with
whereis air
and then use this outcome.
something like
/usr/bin/air sandbox run graph

You can use an ~/.ssh/environment file to set your AB_HOME and PATH variables.

Jsch ChannelExec : How to pass a password to server after the command?

I would like to use a "scp" command from my java application Jsch and ChannelExec. Command is ok, but how do I pass my password ?
Directly on server it would go like this :
$ scp user#server:/myPath/* .
$ user#server's password:
(informations on files copied)
Command and password are on 2 separate lines.
To recreate this in java i did this :
ChannelExec channelExec = (ChannelExec) session.openChannel("exec"); //$NON-NLS-1$
channelExec.setCommand(scpCommand);
channelExec.connect();
try (OutputStream outputStream = channelExec.getOutputStream()) {
pause(5000);
outputStream.write((password + "\n").getBytes()); //$NON-NLS-1$
outputStream.flush();
}
(read result and terminate session)
But as you can guess it doesn't work.
Do you have clues on how to solve this ?
Should I pass the password in the command, separated by a special caracter ? ('\n' maybe I don't know)
Or is there another solution ?
Thanks for your time !

Before connect, use the below code line.
channelExec.setPty(true);
For more details, refer below the documentation.
https://epaul.github.io/jsch-documentation/simple.javadoc/com/jcraft/jsch/ChannelExec.html#setPtyType-java.lang.String-

Error executin binary with JSCH [duplicate]

I have a piece of code which connects to a Unix server and executes commands.
I have been trying with simple commands and they work fine.
I am able to login and get the output of the commands.
I need to run an Ab-initio graph through Java.
I am using the air sandbox run graph command for this.
It runs fine, when I login using SSH client and run the command. I am able to run the graph. However, when I try to run the command through Java it gives me a "air not found" error.
Is there any kind of limit on what kind of Unix commands JSch supports?
Any idea why I'm not able to run the command through my Java code?
Here's the code:
public static void connect(){
try{
JSch jsch=new JSch();
String host="*****";
String user="*****";
String config =
"Host foo\n"+
" User "+user+"\n"+
" Hostname "+host+"\n";
ConfigRepository configRepository =
com.jcraft.jsch.OpenSSHConfig.parse(config);
jsch.setConfigRepository(configRepository);
Session session=jsch.getSession("foo");
String passwd ="*****";
session.setPassword(passwd);
UserInfo ui = new MyUserInfo(){
public boolean promptYesNo(String message){
int foo = 0;
return foo==0;
}
};
session.setUserInfo(ui);
session.connect();
String command="air sandbox run <graph-path>";
Channel channel=session.openChannel("exec");
((ChannelExec)channel).setCommand(command);
channel.setInputStream(null);
((ChannelExec)channel).setErrStream(System.err);
InputStream in=channel.getInputStream();
channel.connect();
byte[] tmp=new byte[1024];
while(true){
while(in.available()>0){
int i=in.read(tmp, 0, 1024);
if(i<0)break;
page_message=new String(tmp, 0, i);
System.out.print(page_message);
}
if(channel.isClosed()){
if(in.available()>0) continue;
System.out.println("exit-status: "+channel.getExitStatus());
break;
}
try{Thread.sleep(1000);}catch(Exception ee){}
}
channel.disconnect();
session.disconnect();
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}
}
public static void main(String arg[]){
connect();
}
public String return_message(){
String ret_message=page_message;
return ret_message;
}
public static abstract class MyUserInfo
implements UserInfo, UIKeyboardInteractive{
public String getPassword(){ return null; }
public boolean promptYesNo(String str){ return false; }
public String getPassphrase(){ return null; }
public boolean promptPassphrase(String message){ return false; }
public boolean promptPassword(String message){ return false; }
public void showMessage(String message){ }
public String[] promptKeyboardInteractive(String destination,
String name,
String instruction,
String[] prompt,
boolean[] echo){
return null;
}
}

The "exec" channel in the JSch (rightfully) does not allocate a pseudo terminal (PTY) for the session. As a consequence a different set of startup scripts is (might be) sourced (particularly for non-interactive sessions, .bash_profile is not sourced). And/or different branches in the scripts are taken, based on absence/presence of the TERM environment variable. So the environment might differ from the interactive session, you use with your SSH client.
So, in your case, the PATH is probably set differently; and consequently the air executable cannot be found.
To verify that this is the root cause, disable the pseudo terminal allocation in your SSH client. For example in PuTTY, it's Connection > SSH > TTY > Don't allocate a pseudo terminal. Then, go to Connection > SSH > Remote command and enter your air ... command. Check Session > Close window on exit > Never and open the session. You should get the same "air not found" error.
Ways to fix this, in preference order:
Fix the command not to rely on a specific environment. Use a full path to air in the command. E.g.:
/bin/air sandbox run <graph-path>
If you do not know the full path, on common *nix systems, you can use which air command in your interactive SSH session.
Fix your startup scripts to set the PATH the same for both interactive and non-interactive sessions.
Try running the script explicitly via login shell (use --login switch with common *nix shells):
bash --login -c "air sandbox run sandbox run <graph-path>"
If the command itself relies on a specific environment setup and you cannot fix the startup scripts, you can change the environment in the command itself. Syntax for that depends on the remote system and/or the shell. In common *nix systems, this works:
String command="PATH=\"$PATH;/path/to/air\" && air sandbox run <graph-path>";
Another (not recommended) approach is to force the pseudo terminal allocation for the "exec" channel using the .setPty method:
Channel channel = session.openChannel("exec");
((ChannelExec)channel).setPty(true);
Using the pseudo terminal to automate a command execution can bring you nasty side effects. See for example Is there a simple way to get rid of junk values that come when you SSH using Python's Paramiko library and fetch output from CLI of a remote machine?
For a similar issues, see
Certain Unix commands fail with "... not found", when executed through Java using JSch even with setPty enabled
Commands executed using JSch behaves differently than in SSH terminal (bypasses confirm prompt message of "yes/"no")
JSch: Is there a way to expose user environment variables to "exec" channel?
Command (.4gl) executed with SSH.NET SshClient.RunCommand fails with "No such file or directory"

you could try to find out where "air" resides with
whereis air
and then use this outcome.
something like
/usr/bin/air sandbox run graph

You can use an ~/.ssh/environment file to set your AB_HOME and PATH variables.

Unix command not running as expected using JSch [duplicate]

I have a piece of code which connects to a Unix server and executes commands.
I have been trying with simple commands and they work fine.
I am able to login and get the output of the commands.
I need to run an Ab-initio graph through Java.
I am using the air sandbox run graph command for this.
It runs fine, when I login using SSH client and run the command. I am able to run the graph. However, when I try to run the command through Java it gives me a "air not found" error.
Is there any kind of limit on what kind of Unix commands JSch supports?
Any idea why I'm not able to run the command through my Java code?
Here's the code:
public static void connect(){
try{
JSch jsch=new JSch();
String host="*****";
String user="*****";
String config =
"Host foo\n"+
" User "+user+"\n"+
" Hostname "+host+"\n";
ConfigRepository configRepository =
com.jcraft.jsch.OpenSSHConfig.parse(config);
jsch.setConfigRepository(configRepository);
Session session=jsch.getSession("foo");
String passwd ="*****";
session.setPassword(passwd);
UserInfo ui = new MyUserInfo(){
public boolean promptYesNo(String message){
int foo = 0;
return foo==0;
}
};
session.setUserInfo(ui);
session.connect();
String command="air sandbox run <graph-path>";
Channel channel=session.openChannel("exec");
((ChannelExec)channel).setCommand(command);
channel.setInputStream(null);
((ChannelExec)channel).setErrStream(System.err);
InputStream in=channel.getInputStream();
channel.connect();
byte[] tmp=new byte[1024];
while(true){
while(in.available()>0){
int i=in.read(tmp, 0, 1024);
if(i<0)break;
page_message=new String(tmp, 0, i);
System.out.print(page_message);
}
if(channel.isClosed()){
if(in.available()>0) continue;
System.out.println("exit-status: "+channel.getExitStatus());
break;
}
try{Thread.sleep(1000);}catch(Exception ee){}
}
channel.disconnect();
session.disconnect();
}
catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}
}
public static void main(String arg[]){
connect();
}
public String return_message(){
String ret_message=page_message;
return ret_message;
}
public static abstract class MyUserInfo
implements UserInfo, UIKeyboardInteractive{
public String getPassword(){ return null; }
public boolean promptYesNo(String str){ return false; }
public String getPassphrase(){ return null; }
public boolean promptPassphrase(String message){ return false; }
public boolean promptPassword(String message){ return false; }
public void showMessage(String message){ }
public String[] promptKeyboardInteractive(String destination,
String name,
String instruction,
String[] prompt,
boolean[] echo){
return null;
}
}

The "exec" channel in the JSch (rightfully) does not allocate a pseudo terminal (PTY) for the session. As a consequence a different set of startup scripts is (might be) sourced (particularly for non-interactive sessions, .bash_profile is not sourced). And/or different branches in the scripts are taken, based on absence/presence of the TERM environment variable. So the environment might differ from the interactive session, you use with your SSH client.
So, in your case, the PATH is probably set differently; and consequently the air executable cannot be found.
To verify that this is the root cause, disable the pseudo terminal allocation in your SSH client. For example in PuTTY, it's Connection > SSH > TTY > Don't allocate a pseudo terminal. Then, go to Connection > SSH > Remote command and enter your air ... command. Check Session > Close window on exit > Never and open the session. You should get the same "air not found" error.
Ways to fix this, in preference order:
Fix the command not to rely on a specific environment. Use a full path to air in the command. E.g.:
/bin/air sandbox run <graph-path>
If you do not know the full path, on common *nix systems, you can use which air command in your interactive SSH session.
Fix your startup scripts to set the PATH the same for both interactive and non-interactive sessions.
Try running the script explicitly via login shell (use --login switch with common *nix shells):
bash --login -c "air sandbox run sandbox run <graph-path>"
If the command itself relies on a specific environment setup and you cannot fix the startup scripts, you can change the environment in the command itself. Syntax for that depends on the remote system and/or the shell. In common *nix systems, this works:
String command="PATH=\"$PATH;/path/to/air\" && air sandbox run <graph-path>";
Another (not recommended) approach is to force the pseudo terminal allocation for the "exec" channel using the .setPty method:
Channel channel = session.openChannel("exec");
((ChannelExec)channel).setPty(true);
Using the pseudo terminal to automate a command execution can bring you nasty side effects. See for example Is there a simple way to get rid of junk values that come when you SSH using Python's Paramiko library and fetch output from CLI of a remote machine?
For a similar issues, see
Certain Unix commands fail with "... not found", when executed through Java using JSch even with setPty enabled
Commands executed using JSch behaves differently than in SSH terminal (bypasses confirm prompt message of "yes/"no")
JSch: Is there a way to expose user environment variables to "exec" channel?
Command (.4gl) executed with SSH.NET SshClient.RunCommand fails with "No such file or directory"

you could try to find out where "air" resides with
whereis air
and then use this outcome.
something like
/usr/bin/air sandbox run graph

You can use an ~/.ssh/environment file to set your AB_HOME and PATH variables.

Jsch Shell won't accept input from Terminal

I have written a simple groovy program that uses the Jsch Library to establish an ssh tunnel and open a shell on the target server. The script connect fine and the shell opens. In IntelliJ I can enter input into the shell and get the subsequent output if I run the program. However if I attempt to do the same in the Terminal or in a cmd it connects fine but I cannot enter any input so can't run commands.
println "Opening connection to ${sshUser}#${sshHost}:${sshPort}"
Properties config = new Properties()
config.put("StrictHostKeyChecking", "no")
JSch jsch = new JSch()
Session sshSession = jsch.getSession(sshUser, sshHost, sshPort as int)
sshSession.setPassword(sshPass)
sshSession.setConfig(config)
sshSession.connect()
println "Connected"
println "Forwarding connection to ${targetHost}:${targetPort}"
def assignedPort = sshSession.setPortForwardingL(0, targetHost, targetPort as int)
println "Got port $assignedPort"
// Set the session to open as a Shell
Channel channel = targetSession.openChannel("shell")
// Set Input and Output streams
channel.setInputStream(System.in)
channel.setOutputStream(System.out);
// Connect
channel.connect()
UPDATE
After further reading it seems that to get this working there is a hack for the Windows prompt. However the code that JCraft provided has a number of issues that I'm struggling with:
channel.setInputStream(new FilterInputStream(System.in){
public int read(byte[] b, int off, int len)throws IOException{
return in.read(b, off, (len>1024?1024:len));
}
});
I get the very helpful error "Wrong Statement"

I've found a solution really simple in the end. The Windows Prompt hack does work but needs to be tweaked as follows:
return System.in.read(b, off, (len>1024?1024:len));
Thanks for your help anyway guys