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Re: su in a script

From: Robert Fazio <dbabob_at_yahoo.nospam.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 02:48:17 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns9121E7E146B45dbabobyahoocom@24.12.106.199>


"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.com
Received on Wed Sep 19 2001 - 21:48:17 CDT

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