Bash Script to append “host and ip entries” in remote server “/etc/hosts” file
We can use below script to add host and ip entries in
/etc/hosts file.
$ cat append.sh
#!/bin/bash
## Append hostname and IP in /etc/hosts file
hostname=$1
ip=$2
/usr/bin/sshpass -p 'password' ssh user@$1 "echo password | sudo -S sh -c 'echo "$2 $1 $1.example.com" >> /etc/hosts'"
$ sh append.sh test-server 192.168.1.100It will make entry in /etc/hosts file of remote server
"192.168.1.100" as show below:
$ hostname
test-server.example.com
$ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4
::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6
192.168.1.100 test-server test-server.example.com