[Xymon] custom script fails when I add ssh command

[oliver]

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:04 PM, Ralph Mitchell <ralphmitchell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I think ssh is "draining" the input stream, which in this case means the
> pipeline coming into the while loop.  Try redirecting the ssh input stream
> from /dev/null:
>
>       /usr/bin/ssh bwadmin@${MACHINE} "hostname" < /dev/null
>
> I tested that with this command line:
>
>      ls | while read a; do ssh 192.168.1.4 hostname < /dev/null ; done
>
> and got back the remote host name once for each file in the local directory.

Yes - that fixed everything.  Thank you so much for the replying.