ssh in rc.local stalls
Steve Brueckner
steve at atc-nycorp.com
Thu Dec 15 19:01:39 UTC 2005
Mike McGrath wrote:
> Steve Brueckner wrote:
>
>> I need to create an ssh port forwarding tunnel to another machine
>> when my Xen VM starts up, so I added this to the VM's
>> /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
>>
>> ssh -f -L 5500:localhost:5501 remote_host_ip tail -f /dev/null
>>
>> This causes my VM to pause for about 3 minutes during boot right
>> after "Starting HAL daemon: [ OK ]"
>> Furthermore, the ssh tunnel never gets created.
>>
>> I have null-passphrase authentication keys working, so I can execute
>> the tunnel manually after I log in. So why won't the tunnel work
>> before I log in?
>>
>> I don't get any errors in /var/log/messages, just a 3-minute gap
>> between entries. Is there anywhere else I can look to find
>> potential error messages?
>>
>> When I try the same trick on the bare-metal host machine, it works
>> fine: no 3-minute stall and the ssh tunnel is created fine. So I
>> suppose what I need is a way to find or create error messages so I
>> can diagnose further. Maybe then I can take this to the Xen list.
>>
>> Stephen Brueckner, ATC-NY
>>
>>
>>
> I use the following method to create ssh tunnels on startup: (in
> inittab)
>
> log1:3:respawn:/usr/bin/ssh -nNtx -R 5500:localhost:5501
> remote_host_ip > /dev/null 2>&1
>
> This, however, may not solve your problem. Are you sure you're
> public and private keys are in the right spot and have the correct
> permissions?
>
> -Mike
My permissions are OK, since I can run the command manually after
login. I just tried adding -vvv to the ssh command, and it's hanging
on:
"Debug1: Connecting to (remote_IP) port 22."
So I also tried adding a wget into rc.local, and wget fails with:
"Resolving download.fedora.redhat.com... Failed: Host not found."
So my guess is that Xen isn't bringing up the network for the VM until
after login.
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