Auto SSH

Hey, Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.

I have Debian 11 installed on a VM in OMV. I was wondering is there a script or something that I can set up where when I log in a terminal window will opens and auto ssh?

Zitat von macom

Not sure I understand your question correctly, but you could add a line ssh STUKguy@ip.of.your.OMV to ~/.bahrc

Read about .bashrc in linux

Hey,

So basically when i log in i want a terminal window to open on screen and for it to SSH automatically into the address

Zitat von macom

Where?

To the debian desktop

Zitat von macom

Depends on the desktop you are using

https://www.xmodulo.com/start-…ically-linux-desktop.html

I am using GNOME, but from the link when i type in

gnome-session-properties

i get

root@VMMine:/home/liton# gnome-session-properties
bash: gnome-session-properties: command not found

i thought it was not installed so i looked up the command to install and got this

root@VMMine:/home/liton# apt-get install gnome-session-bin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
gnome-session-bin is already the newest version (3.38.0-4).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
root@VMMine:/home/liton#

Zitat von macom

Depends on the desktop you are using

https://www.xmodulo.com/start-…ically-linux-desktop.html

I thought would approach this step by step so i found this post from 2017 https://unix.stackexchange.com…-terminal-on-debian-login which seems to have worked, i restarted the machine a couple times and a terminal window opens now, What would be the next steps in to auto ssh'ing once the terminal window is open?

Zitat von KM0201

I've read this 3 times and I can't tell if you're using a Linux client or a Windows client... so I'll just tell you how I do it with a Linux client. While I don't know what you've done thus far... This is how I've always set up automatic SSH on my Linux clients. It might seem a little long, but rest assured I'm just being long winded to try and be clear. It's really quite easy.

All commands done on client

1. ssh-keygen

2. take defaults (no passwords, locations, etc.)

2. ssh-copy-id server_user@server_ip

3. accept fingerprint and enter server_user password

4. When complete it you should get that a message a key was added.

5. ssh server to test, and no password should be required.

Now to set up a "one click SSH".... On a Linux client (I have no idea how to do this from Windows)...

I install an alternative terminal program. ie... If I'm using XFCE desktop, I'll install the gnome-terminal app since there are few dependency issues between the two. This will essentially give me two terminal programs on my client.

I open gnome-terminal (which is the app I'll use to auto SSH).. and usually I set the color palette to be different from my desktop terminal. So, for instance, my desktop terminal (xfce-terminal) is White on Black, while my gnome-terminal, which is to SSH OMV, is set to be Black on White, so it makes it easy to immediately distinguish which machine I'm running the commands on. This way I never accidentally confuse the two (ask me why I decided to do this..lol)

After I set the color palette, I click Edit/Preferences/Command Tab and then enter a command to run when the app is opened. Obviously the command I want to run, is ssh server_username@server.ip

Save and close. Now if I open up gnome-terminal, it should open up and automatically SSH my server, and since I'm using passwordless.. I'll basically be sitting at my OMV user prompt.

Finally, I usually just create a shortcut on my panel, desktop, wherever I want it, and give it a distinct name (NAS terminal, Server terminal, etc.) so there's no question what it's doing. Then from then on if I want to SSH my server, I click that icon and I'm logged in.

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It is a Linux client. I am using a VM of Debian 11 to ssh into other Debian machines. I will try how you suggested. Currently I'm having some problems with my set up but once that's fixed I will try what you said.

Thank you though

Zitat von KM0201

I open gnome-terminal (which is the app I'll use to auto SSH).. and usually I set the color palette to be different from my desktop terminal. So, for instance, my desktop terminal (xfce-terminal) is White on Black, while my gnome-terminal, which is to SSH OMV, is set to be Black on White, so it makes it easy to immediately distinguish which machine I'm running the commands on. This way I never accidentally confuse the two (ask me why I decided to do this..lol)

KM0201 sorry going through old post trying to finish what is started, i'm intrigued why did you do that?

I followed what you said but i think i might still be doing it wrong, and reading through my post i think i may have confused everything even more so lets say i have figured out how to automatically open 3 terminal windows upon log in

terminal 1

i want to run "watch sensors"

terminal 2

i want it to ssh into 123.123.12.1 (i have set up ssh keyless entry)

and then run "watch sensors"

terminal3

same as terminal 3 only different IP

i did what you suggested about edit/preferences and then run command, but that appeared to copy the command into all terminal windows.

Zitat von KM0201

Yeah, it would.

I'm not sure how you could make it run a command after SSH'ing in to the server.

Ah ok, guess just manually do it unless i want to learn about scripts