Preamble: I don't know if I'll be able to help you on this since I know nothing about plink except what I've just discovered with apt-cache show putty-tools :(
On Fri, Sep 02, 2005 at 08:02:27AM -0700, Martin Burger wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to execute a command on my Sarge box using plink (Putty) on > Windows XP. E.g.: plink -A -2 -ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] ls -l Does the above command log you into the Windows box via ssh? And should the "ls -l" be executed on the Windows box? But surely that's only a unix command, isn't it? Dos uses "dir". > > But instead of listing my home directory in my dos box, the command > hangs. If I check the processes on Sarge, I see a zombie process "[ls] > <defunct>". The plot thickens. The command was executed on the debian box. Was the syntax of the command right? > <defunct>". After killing the process on Sarge and executing the > command in the dos box a second time, it lists my home dir. Your home dir on the dos box? Were you still logged in to the dos box? Did you kill the process on Sarge from another terminal? And dos understood "ls -l" ? > > So, a few times the command works, but in most cases there is a zombie > process. >From what you say, it doesn't work with the "plink" command but it does work once you are logged in. You need to be precise to track down the problem. > > Any idea why plink causes the zombie processes? How can I debug that > problem? > Sorry if I've wasted your time, but I would check the syntax of that first command to start with. -- David Jardine "Running Debian GNU/Linux and loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
