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Re: su in a script

From: ak <a.kadivar_at_caramail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 09:47:15 +0200
Message-ID: <9oc6is$1cnu$1@norfair.nerim.net>


Would yuo be so kind to indicate me the right group please ? Robert Fazio <dbabob_at_yahoo.nospam.com> a écrit dans le message : Xns9121E7E146B45dbabobyahoocom_at_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 Thu Sep 20 2001 - 02:47:15 CDT

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