Batch upload script and execute

[jamesy281]

Hi,

I have a requirement to add an SSH login banner to all our Centos boxes. As there are quite a few I would like to script the process. I have what I believe are all the pieces but I am stumbling putting them all together. Ideally what I would like to do is:

Loop though a list of server names
Connect to each and upload a small script (currently I am testing with LFTP as I can pass the password also)
Execute the script
Exit

I have a shell script to cat the text I need into the /etc/issue.net file and the subsequent /etc/ssh/sshd_config file and restart the sshd daemon. I just need to get them uploaded and executed.

I welcome any suggestions for a simpler way of doing this.

[aks]

So two things.
1) Do you need to restart sshd? I thought issue.net was "obeyed" by sshd anyway?
2) There is an argument you can present to ssh which says "just execute the following". I think it's -C, but you can check in the ssh manual (man ssh)

Alternatively, use something (cool) like Anisble....

[jamesy281]

Aks,

Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure about the need to restart sshd after edititing the issue.net file so I will test to see.

With regards the -c switch that is for compression I believe I'm ssh. I have managed to put to get her a comma d that works using LFTP which comprises SSH aft and the mput command.

Thanks again for the input.

[TrevorH]

It sounds like what you really need is to investigate one of the many configuration management packages like puppet/salt/ansible/chef/cfengine.