Re: Execute svrmgrl with the right user (Userid bit ?)

Thanks for your help.
It seems to be safer than dealing with the user id bit.

Btw, the "user id bit" way works on my Solaris 8 but not on my Red Hat Linux.

Do you know the reason ?

Just to know.

"MS" <qcom_at_attbi.com> a écrit dans le message de news: a2b6d46b.0203121053.5eba5e7b_at_posting.google.com...
> AFAIK setuserid bit's don't work with shell scripts - it would make it
 insecure.
> Since the script runs as a root user you could:
> su <userid> -c "yourscript"
> (make sure the environment is set in yourscript).
> or
> su - <userid> -c "yourscript"
>
> hope it helps.
>
> -MS
> "Geoffrey" <g.dufour_at_swing.be> wrote in message
 news:<3c8e1533$0$263$ba620e4c_at_news.skynet.be>...
> > Hi,
> >
> > OS : Solaris 8
> > ORACLE : 8.0.5
> >
> > I need to run a KSH script with the root user.
> >
> > After a few commands, the script is supposed to execute a new KSH script
> > that runs a few "svrmgrl command=_at_mysqlscript".
> >
> > To work properly my svrmgrl has to be run with a specific user (not
 root).
> >
> > How can I handle this ?
> >
> > I tried to define my specific user as owner of the 2nd script and to
 enable
> > userid bit, but it does not work for the svrmgrl command.
> >
> > As you can see, I'm not a UNIX specialist.
> >
> > Can you help me ?
> >
> > Regards.
Received on Wed Mar 13 2002 - 14:32:45 CET