why does it hang?

Hi

I spent about 3 hours on this and am going off my head...

I have a jsp setting params then calling another jsp:

test-getobjectunix.jsp

<jsp:forward page="getobjectunix.jsp">
<jsp:param name="command" value=" \". ~/.bash_profile ; echo -e 'dump,c,3d12d68a80000102' | iapi repo -Udmadmin -P\"" />
<jsp:param name="password" value="123456"/>
<jsp:param name="servername" value="example.com"/>
<jsp:param name="noCache" value="0900getobjecttest"/>
<jsp:param name="user" value="dmadmin"/>
</jsp:forward>

getobjectunix.jsp

<%@ page import="java.io.*" %>
<HTML><BODY>
<%
String ret = "C:\\tomcat\\apache-tomcat-7.0.25\\webapps\\mydoc\\logs\\tmp_"+request.getParameter("servername") +request.getParameter("noCache") + ".txt";
Runtime rt=Runtime.getRuntime();
String cmd[]={"cmd.exe","/k","C:\\tomcat\\apache-tomcat-7.0.25\\plink.exe -pw " + request.getParameter("password") + " " + request.getParameter("user") +"@" +request.getParameter("servername")+ " " + request.getParameter("command")};
Process unix_proc=rt.exec(cmd);
%>
<%=ret%>

</BODY></HTML>
What is actually being passed to the command shell is
C:\tomcat\apache-tomcat-7.0.25\plink.exe -pw 123456 dmadmin@example.com ". ~/.bash_profile ; echo -e 'dump,c,3d12d68a80000102' | iapi repo -Udmadmin -P"

If I run that from the command line the contents are displayed as expected. If I call the test-getunixobject.jsp from the browser nothing much happens... is there something very obvious here that I am missing?
Many thanks in advance...
Kevin

Welcome to the Ranch!

Why on Earth are you doing processing in a JSP?

Especially firing off a separate process?

First step: move the Java code in the second JSP to a servlet where it belongs. Then it'll be a lot easier to diagnose.

Let us know when you've got that done and repost the new code. (Be sure to read UseCodeTags first.)

It's not a servlet because java isn't my bag and doing it in jsp is easier for someone like me :)
I'll look into putting it into a class.
Apart from debugging.. I would like to know what you mean by "where it belongs"...
Thanks
Kevin

Java code in a JSP has been discredited for over 10 years now. It is considered a really poor and lazy practice.

See: http://www.coderanch.com/how-to/java/WhyNotUseScriptlets

And while you're moving the Runtime.exec code to a servlet, read When Runtime.exec() won't.

Thank you all for your help.

The problem was that since Tomcat was running as Default User, the remote server challenged for an RSA key - which it wouldn't normally do if Default User had previously logged into the Unix server. So I had to copy the rsa registry keys from

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY]
to
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY]

to bypass a challenge.

Unfortunately my Java skills are not exactly my "selling point" but I still had to solve an admin problem in the short term.
In the longer term, can you just advise me:

I had a look at servlet/RequestParamExample code and it seems to be a good starting point for building the class
Could I use my jsp forward to call the class with some params? I'm currently calling the JSP with Adobe FlashBuilder's HTTPService.

Many thanks again

Kevin