Question

When I want to access a Mysql server which only lets local accesses, first I need to SSH to that server and then run “mysql” command. However I want to run it by one command.

When I execute this command terminal stops and the cursor gets frozen after 5 or 10 seconds.

ssh arash@10.0.3.1 "/usr/bin/mysql -u db_username -pdfdasdfCASDF -D db_12dgj

Does anyone know which part is wrong?

Answer 1

You need to make sure you got a pty for readline. Use the -t option of ssh.

 ssh -t -t user@server '/usr/bin/mysql -u{mysqlUser} -p{mysqlPassword} {mysqlDB} -e "select * from table"' 

man ssh(1):

     -t      Force pseudo-tty allocation.  This can be used to execute arbi-
             trary screen-based programs on a remote machine, which can be
             very useful, e.g., when implementing menu services.  Multiple -t
             options force tty allocation, even if ssh has no local tty.