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[quote="rakesh_r5"]Hello,
I'm using Powershell/Winscp to write an automated script for deployment.
However, I'm facing a stumbling block when trying to "sudo su". Here are the steps I've donw:
1. /etc/sudoers: Commented the line Defaults requiretty
2. /etc/sudoers: Added <username> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
3. In putty under SSH, I have added /bin/bash -c 'sudo su -'and it directly logs me in as root without asking for password.
The following is the snippet of the script. I have commented on the line of the script thats not working:
[code]$session.open($sessionOptions);
Write-Host("Session established"); #works ok
$session.ExecuteCommand("ls -lrt"); #lists default users files
$session.ExecuteCommand("/bin/bash -c 'sudo su -'"); #Script hangs here[/code]

After about a minute, I get the following exception:
[code]Error: Exception calling "ExecuteCommand" with "1" argument(s): "Timeout waiting for WinSCP to respond".[/code]

Am I doing something wrong here? Can you please throw some light on this? I'm using WinSCP v5.13

Regards,
Rakesh[/quote]

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rakesh_r5

2018-08-22 02:23

Actually it worked! I tried a different command and it lists me root's files:

$session.ExecuteCommand("sudo -- sh -c 'whoami; cd ~ ;pwd; ls -lrt'");

Output:

root

/root

-rw-------. 1 root     root     9813 Feb 26  2015 anaconda-ks.cfg

-rw-------. 1 root     root        0 May 29  2017 newpasswd.ldif

Thanks,
Rakesh

rakesh_r5

Unable to "sudo su" using WinSCP/Powershell

2018-08-21 00:40

Hello,
I'm using Powershell/Winscp to write an automated script for deployment.
However, I'm facing a stumbling block when trying to "sudo su". Here are the steps I've donw:
1. /etc/sudoers: Commented the line Defaults requiretty
2. /etc/sudoers: Added <username> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
3. In putty under SSH, I have added /bin/bash -c 'sudo su -'and it directly logs me in as root without asking for password.
The following is the snippet of the script. I have commented on the line of the script thats not working:

$session.open($sessionOptions);

Write-Host("Session established"); #works ok

$session.ExecuteCommand("ls -lrt"); #lists default users files

$session.ExecuteCommand("/bin/bash -c 'sudo su -'"); #Script hangs here

After about a minute, I get the following exception:

Error: Exception calling "ExecuteCommand" with "1" argument(s): "Timeout waiting for WinSCP to respond".

Am I doing something wrong here? Can you please throw some light on this? I'm using WinSCP v5.13

Regards,
Rakesh

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