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Lin
Lin

Reputation: 25

Trouble using ssh in a Mac Automator Service

I am trying to create an Automator Service that runs an applescript that eventually runs a bash script to ssh/scp to a server:

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I have this applescript that saves my current photoshop document and calls a bash script to scp the image to a server. The bash script then runs ssh to do some stuff on said server with the image.

I have an ssh-askpass file and it seems to work well in most situations. I even tried reinstalling it to make sure I didn't goof on permissions, but it seems to be in good shape.

If I just run the applescript through Applescript Editor, it works fine and goes through ssh-askpass.

I want to create an Automator action (using the "service" template) to run my applescript, so I can just make it into a keyboard shortcut.

If I just run the script in Automator, everything works fine. Unfortunately, when I try to use the service outside automator (ie App Menu > Services), it seems that my Automator action is not attempting to go through ssh-askpass at all (which I verified with temporary logging)- everything works fine up to that point.

I looked into it a bit more, and it appears that a similar issue occurs when I try to run the applescript from the terminal (and not Applescript Editor)

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Is there something different I need to do to ensure that an applescript (in Automator) uses ssh-askpass?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 892

Answers (2)

Lin
Lin

Reputation: 25

I found the issue. In the bash script I was calling, I was exporting the SSH_ASKPASS path, but not the display:

export DISPLAY=":0"

Apparently the AppleScript Editor (and XCode and Automator) does the exports for you, which is why it was working in those cases.

Upvotes: 1

nneonneo
nneonneo

Reputation: 179452

If you have control over your account on the server (e.g. shell account), I would just generate an SSH keypair and use it for authentication. That way, you can truly automate the exchange and not have to deal with ssh-askpass at all.

See http://paulkeck.com/ssh/ for a guide to making and deploying SSH keys.

Upvotes: 0

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