openssh not reporting the correct errorlevel
Thorsten Kampe
thorsten@thorstenkampe.de
Tue Aug 28 10:22:00 GMT 2007
* (Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:55:23 -0700 (PDT))
> Here are the command sequence I ran on Windows 2003 x86 SP2 servers (delhi is the hostname)
> C:\>ssh delhi net
> The syntax of this command is:
>
> NET [ ACCOUNTS | COMPUTER | CONFIG | CONTINUE | FILE | GROUP | HELP |
> HELPMSG | LOCALGROUP | NAME | PAUSE | PRINT | SEND | SESSION |
> SHARE | START | STATISTICS | STOP | TIME | USE | USER | VIEW ]
>
>
> C:\>echo %errorlevel%
> 0
>
> ANALYSIS:
> The errorlevel returned from the second command should be "1"
> instead of "0".
Sorry, but that's ridiculous. You shouldn't use command line
applications if you don't have a basic understanding of what you're
doing.
The output you gave is *not* from "ssh delhi net" but from "net delhi
ssh" (or "net ssh delhi"). Net(.exe) is a Windows app. Do yourself a
favour: use PuTTY.
Thorsten
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