Remote execution on Red Hat Satellite 6 fails with: Unmatched ' " '.

Environment

• Red Hat Satellite 6

Issue

• Remote execution on Satellite 6 fails with:

  Unmatched ' " '.
  

Resolution

• Change the shell of the ssh user on client to bash

  # chsh -l     [ this should list the available shells]
  # chsh <rex-user> -s /usr/bin/bash   [ this should change the shell to bash ]
  

For more KB articles/solutions related to Red Hat Satellite 6.x Remote Execution Issues, please refer to the Red Hat Satellite Consolidated Troubleshooting Article for Red Hat Satellite 6.x Remote Execution Issues

Root Cause

• The login shell for the ssh user was set to csh . A This content is not included.bug has been raised for it.

Diagnostic Steps

• Run # echo $SHELL to list the current shell.

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