Pi4 SSH issues

iGPR3 · February 8

Hi there. I'm hosting a website on my Pi4 B 4GB that will use SSH to turn on my server and open a program for me. Unfortunately, SSH has some issues with my BeamMP server (BeamNG multiplayer). When it uses SSH, it goes straight to the correct file path and runs the BeamMP-server.exe file to start it. When running this normally with a mouse, it starts just fine, but with SSH it can't read the ServerConfig.toml file, where an authkey is stored. Without the authkey, it won't start the server up. Anyone know how I can fix this? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Edit: Also if anyone knows how to make it start with the GUI on the server's end as well, instead of everything just appearing on the Pi's terminal, that'd be fantastic.

Jarsky · February 8

Little confused what you're asking for, it sounds like you're talking about BeamMP in particular is having issues?

So does BeamMP have a client on your PC that uses SSH to connect to the server?

Is SSH working normally if you use something like PuTTy / MobaXTerm to connect?

If so is there a screenshot or something of the settings / config for the connection?

iGPR3 · February 9

On 2/8/2024 at 9:49 PM, Jarsky said:

Little confused what you're asking for, it sounds like you're talking about BeamMP in particular is having issues?

So does BeamMP have a client on your PC that uses SSH to connect to the server?

Is SSH working normally if you use something like PuTTy / MobaXTerm to connect?

If so is there a screenshot or something of the settings / config for the connection?

So, using PuTTY and MobaXTerm on my main PC, I can connect and run it. Using PuTTY on the server itself also works and on the Pi. I believe it's just the SSH command itself that's having trouble. I am also using sshpass to autofill the password, which could be causing issues. I can use the ssh command itself in a terminal on the Pi and cd into the server’s directory to run it as well.

I run the BeamMP client on my PC and the BeamMP-server.exe file on my server to play. Instead of clicking that .exe myself, I want my friends on my website to click a button to start the BeamMP server if they want to play when I’m not able to start it.

Here's the code for the program it runs when that button is pressed:

#!/bin/bash 


# password and target

password='pass' 

target='brown@192.168.1.26' 


# server path

filelocation='C:\\Users\\the big fella\\Desktop\\BeamMP\\BeamMP-server.exe' 


# run sshpass and run the file at the location

sshpass -p "$password" ssh "$target" "cd /d $(dirname "$filelocation") && cmd /c \"$filelocation\""

Edited February 11 by iGPR3