Re: su in a script

Daniel A. Morgan wrote:
>
> 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

No - sounds like you want something like 'sudo' which is a way of controlling access to privileged accounts

hth
connor

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