Can I ask Jenkins to ignore return code?

[Pete Akey]

Hi,

I'm attempting to connect to a remote machine using sshpass. The script that is being run is exiting with "exit 0" but the exit code that is returned to the Jenkins "Execute shell" is "255". I think CLish is making this task challenging.

Can I ask Jenkins to accept a return code of 255 for this single job?

Here's a quick example for those who are curious. The machine has a CLish shell.

Connect and drop to bash shell in single command:

$ sshpass -p 'password' ssh -t us...@172.16.5.4 'shell'
us...@172.16.5.4:~$ exit 0
exit
Connection to 172.16.5.4 closed.

Back on my machine, check the exit code:

$ echo $?
255

Manually drop to shell on the remote machine with CLish:

$ sshpass -p 'password' ssh us...@172.16.5.4
CLishPrompt> shell
$ exit
exit
CLishPrompt> exit
Connection to 172.16.5.4 closed.

Check the exit code back on my machine:

$ echo $?
0

I don't know why I am getting an exit status of 255 but I need to issue the 'shell' command in a single line and am not sure how else to accomplish what I'm trying to accomplish in the first example without using 'shell'. Therefore, I'd like Jenkins to ignore the fact that the return code is 255 for this one job.

Thanks.

[Mandeville, Rob]

$ sshpass -p 'password' ssh -t us...@172.16.5.4 'shell' || true

If the sshpass command returns nonzero ("fails"), you then run and return the value of the 'true' program.

--Rob

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[Pete Akey]

Thanks! Worked like a charm.