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anil
anil

Reputation: 668

Solaris not returning output for certain commands over remote session using Renci.SshNet

I am using a .NET library Renci.SshNet to connect to remote Solaris machine (its a VM on ESXi). It connects fine.

I use the following method to execute the commands and get the Standard Output. This works fine on any Linux machine and almost all command on Solaris (Except few - which is where the issue is)

outstring = sshClient.RunCommand(command).Execute();

For example when command = "cat /etc/release | grep Solaris" -it works fine. However, when command = "smbios -t SMB_TYPE_SYSTEM" - it doesn't return anything. I try redirecting it to a file. The file gets created - but doesn't have anything on it.

I connect to the system using PuTTY and run the command - it runs perfectly and gives the desired output.

I am perplexed by this behavior. I am using a username with root privilloginto logon. So privileges are ruled out (anyway the same user gets the output in PuTTY).

I am wondering if there is any setting or restriction on Solaris (I am running ver 11.3) which does not allow the smbios command to run like this over a remote connection? Or it is something else? Any guidance will be extremely helpful. If any further info is required, please let me know.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 221

Answers (1)

anil
anil

Reputation: 668

Well, it turns out that it was to do with Path settings. When you login through Putty the $PATH as defined gets set. Hence smbios runs from Putty.

But in a SSH session the $PATH environment variable does not get applied. So its not able to find smbios to run. If you give the full path of smbios - like /usr/sbin/smbios it executes fine over Renci.SshNet.

Upvotes: 0

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