RE: 7.3.4 svrmgrl requiring password if called by root user

Thanks everyone who responded to my request. I am still unsure why svrmgrl would prompt for a password, but I was able to solve the problem by extracting my dump2 commands from the PERL script that was doing my regular backup. So now I have root's crontab call a new shell script, that first SUs to a backup user executes my PERL backup script, then finally, calls my newly created dumpall script as root.

  Allthough I felt my original solution was more elegant, this one actually works. We've all been there right?

Thanks Again,
Steve McClure

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From: root_at_fatcity.com [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com] On Behalf Of Scott.Shafer_at_dcpds.cpms.osd.mil
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 2:41 PM

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Subject:        RE: 7.3.4 svrmgrl requiring password if called by root user

Have you tried running the scripts as 'su - oracle -c <script_name>' from root? Or is this not possible with your current solution?

Scott Shafer
San Antonio, TX
210-581-6217

> -----Original Message-----
> From: steve mcclure [SMTP:smcclure415_at_yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 3:23 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> Subject: 7.3.4 svrmgrl requiring password if called by root user
>
> My database backup scripts are failing when run by the
> root user. I have just had the requirment to add a
> dump of all filesystems to my regular database backup
> routine. Upon running my modified scripts as the root
> user, required for the dump, I am greeted by a request
> for a password in response to the connect internal
> command. I can duplicate this by simply running
> svrmgrl from a prompt as the root user. Again this is
> for Oracle 7.3.4 on DG/UX.
>
> We are not using OS authentication, and I svrmgrl does
> NOT require a password for the other OS users I have
> tried to use. I added the root user to the dba and
> oper groups in hopes that might solve my problem, but
> was still prompted for a password.
>
>
> Any help with this is appreciated.
>
> Thanks, Steve McClure
>
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