X-list: oracle-l Return-Path: Subject: Re: sudo in script -- automate with password From: Jeff Herrick Message-id: 20060104161123.N82293@persweb.avalonworks.net Date: 2006-01-04 22:13:12 On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, J. Dex wrote: > I have got a database script that mid-way through the script it needs to log > in as sudo and run a process. The problem is the sudo password. I can't > figure out a way to put it in the script instead of manually having to enter > it. Pulling the password from a password file doesn't seem to work either. > Has anyone else found a solution to this or needed to do this? The OS is > AIX and it is Oracle 9202. Is there a special syntax that needs to be used? > man sudo on my machine here (BSD) has a -S option to read from stdin instead of the terminal. You could pop it into a file and redirect I assume....haven't actually tried it myself HTH Jeff Herrick -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l