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"ak" <a.kadivar_at_caramail.com> wrote in
news:9oaef9$8p9$1_at_norfair.nerim.net:
> Hello
> Is it possible to use su command in a Shell script in order to change
> user
> ? If yes how give it the password without typing it on the keyboard?
> Thanks a lot.
>
>
You are really in the wrong group, but the answer is yes and no. You can use su in a script. But only if the user executing the script is root.
su - username -c "some command" is a common syntax, but the only user that can do this without a password is root.
-- Robert Fazio Senior Technical Advisor dbabob_at_yahoo.comReceived on Wed Sep 19 2001 - 21:48:17 CDT