Using environment variable of another user

[Bronsky Proco]

Hi,

I was wondering how can I make Rundeck use the environment variables of the user I make him connect as. For example :

When the rundeck user connects to a remote server as an other user named "admin" for instance, it won't use the environment variable of the "admin" user but rundeck's. So how is it possible to make rundeck use any environment variables of the user it connects as ?

Thanks in advance,

bronsky

[Alex Honor]

Hi Bronsky,

If the remote side is using bash, be sure the environment variables are set in your .bashrc. Also, be sure Rundeck variables are passed through. See http://rundeck.org/docs/plugins-user-guide/ssh-plugins.html#passing-environment-variables-through-remote-command

Thanks

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[Bronsky Proco]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for answering me.

The environment variables are set in the .bashrc and I did put the AcceptEnv RD_* in my ssh config. It does pass rundeck variables but when I execute the job that makes rundeck print its environment variables when it is connected on the remote server,  they are not the same as the user it is connecting as.

For example, the "admin" user on the remote server has for $PATH this :

/home/admin/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

and when rundeck connects as "admin" on the remote server, its PATH is :

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games

So how can I make Rundeck uses the original PATH ( the first one I put ) and other environment variables as well ?

Thanks in advance,

bronsky

[Alex Honor]

Hi Bronsky,

Not sure what is causing the difference. You might try replicating the remote command by doing

ssh -i /path/to/key user@host env

and see what variables are being set.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Bronsky Proco <bronsk...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Alex,

Thanks for answering me.

The environment variables are set in the .bashrc and I did put the AcceptEnv RD_* in my ssh config. It does pass rundeck variables but when I execute the job that makes rundeck print its environment variables when it is connected on the remote server,  they are not the same as the user it is connecting as.

For example, the "admin" user on the remote server has for $PATH this :

/home/admin/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/games:/usr/games

and when rundeck connects as "admin" on the remote server, its PATH is :

/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games

So how can I make Rundeck uses the original PATH ( the first one I put ) and other environment variables as well ?

Thanks in advance,

bronsky

Le mercredi 30 septembre 2015 11:43:03 UTC+2, Bronsky Proco a écrit :

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[Bronsky Proco]

Hi Alex,

When I perform the command you asked me to, it prints the wrong environment variables (the ones Rundeck uses) and therefore the wrong $PATH.

Is there something I'm missing here like in Rundeck configuration ?

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[Alex Honor]

Hi Bronsky,

This does not appear to be rundeck related but the difference in initialization between interactive and non interactive shells. Can you check how the "dot" files are being read (ie, how they are sourced)? 

Thanks

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[Bronsky Proco]

Hi Alex,

I've just spent the last few hours to find the solution and finally found it. In the .bashrc the first condition is to do nothing if not running interactively. Since I put my environment variables after this condition, it couldn't work so I put them before and now it works !!

Anyway, thanks for spending time to answer my problem. Keep ut the good work !

bronsky