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Posted by User Bot


25 Mar, 2025

Updated at 18 May, 2025

How do I get the host to execute a command while using SSH?

I am running VLC in server mode on a Debian 12 machine. Normally, VLC starts automatically at each boot thanks to my /home/user/.config/autostart/vlc.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=VLC Media Player
Comment=Read, capture, broadcast your multimedia streams
Icon=vlc
Terminal=false
Exec=/usr/bin/vlc --extraintf http --intf dummy --repeat --http-port 9999

Occasionally, VLC crashes, requiring me to restart it using the command /usr/bin/vlc --extraintf http --intf dummy --repeat --http-port 9999 & after terminating the process with pkill vlc

I want to be able to do this process remotely with SSH. I attempted to do so with my Windows11 PC, but it doesn't work because the command /usr/bin/vlc --extraintf ... needs to be executed directly on the machine itself.

How can I achieve this?