Use bash as the default shell for SSH connect sessions#5002
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Use bash as the default shell for SSH connect sessions#5002
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The default login shell on Databricks compute images is /bin/sh. This change ensures users get bash in two ways: 1. Client-side: when no remote command is specified, explicitly request /bin/bash -l with PTY allocation instead of relying on the default login shell from /etc/passwd. 2. Server-side: attempt to update /etc/passwd to set bash as the login shell before starting sshd, which also covers IDE connections (VS Code, Cursor) that manage their own SSH sessions. Co-authored-by: Isaac
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Summary
spawnSSHClientnow explicitly runs/bin/bash -lwith-tfor PTY allocation instead of relying on the default login shell from/etc/passwd(which is/bin/shon Databricks compute images)./etc/passwdto set bash as the login shell for the current user. This covers IDE connections (VS Code, Cursor) that manage their own SSH sessions and don't go throughspawnSSHClient./etc/passwdcan't be modified.Test plan
databricks ssh connect --cluster=<id>opens a bash shell (tested manually)databricks ssh connect --cluster=<id> -- ls -lastill works (additional args passthrough)This pull request was AI-assisted by Isaac.