Re: su in a script

Robert Fazio wrote:

> "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

Is it possible to put the password into an environment variable and read it from there?

Daniel A. Morgan Received on Mon Sep 24 2001 - 16:41:19 CDT