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Re: su - postgres within shell script 17 Years Ago by eggi …'s probably expecting a reply to the password: prompt from su. You can make it all one line and get away… enter 3 passwords (assuming you're not su-ing postgres as root) - one for the su - one for the createuser and one… for the createdb call) su - postgres -c "echo "Please enter the password for … Re: su - postgres within shell script 17 Years Ago by masijade Because su opens an interactive shell you might try placing everything below the su command into a seperate script (lets imagine we call it newScript.ksh), then change this script to the following: [code] #!/bin/sh su - postgres -c "/path/to/newScript.ksh" [/code] Re: su - postgres within shell script 17 Years Ago by masijade … always forego maintaining a separate file, and still execute su on a single command as follows: [code] #!/bin…d -r -e a2billinguser createdb -e -O a2billinguser a2billing EOF su - postgres -c "/tmp/someObscureName.sh" rm -f… providing alot of semicolon separated commands into a single su -c. It is cleaner and easier to understand… su - postgres within shell script 17 Years Ago by toronto … am learning quickly. My script looks as follows: #!/bin/sh su - postgres echo "Please enter the password for a2billing user… create database. However, my output stops after using command "su - postgres". What can I do to curb this? is… Re: su - postgres within shell script 14 Years Ago by sahosri … in a condition the script will change the user like su - xxx and then it has to execute some commands/scripts… session and should return to script. I have tried using su - xxx -c but it terminates the session after executing the… How to su properly in a shell script 20 Years Ago by stharmon … the program properly. Whenever I do the shell script su's to the user properly but the scripts stops executing… -R vpopmail:vchkpw ../courier-imap-2.2.2.20040207 [B]su - vpopmail[/B] ./configure --with-redhat I have also tried … to stay in the same shell and preserve the environment: su - -m -p vpopmail Does anyone have any thought as… Re: How to su properly in a shell script 16 Years Ago by Fest3er … -R vpopmail:vchkpw ../courier-imap-2.2.2.20040207 [B]su - vpopmail[/B] ./configure --with-redhat [/code] ... Does anyone …have any thought as to how I can successfully SU and keep the script running?[/QUOTE] To actually answer… to feed the commands you want to execute to su(), as in:[code]su -c "./configure --with-redhat" - … Re: How to su properly in a shell script 14 Years Ago by komalar Is it possible for me to su to different user from within a script, execute few commands … stay in the same shell...? For Ex: #!/bin/sh sudo su - user1 echo #HOME echo `ls -ltr` This should print the… same shell. But the script doesn't execute after su to user1. sudo su - c "echo $HOME" - user1 works but… sudo su - user in a shell script 14 Years Ago by enthu_Unix …scripting. Okay, the requirement is user1 has sudo rule to su - user2(NO PASSWORD) and user2 has will be able… so following works fine from command prompt user1@host] sudo su - user2 the above command opens up a new shell,… have tried putting following commands in a shell script sudo su - user2 -c "sudo cmd1" (this prompts … Re: Block User but allow su - 17 Years Ago by ajcamp Hi, That will lock the initial login, and also prevent su - <user> from working as well. To enable su - <user> I had to give the users sudo access, and prevent su to root: ALL ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /bin/su - <user> , ! /bin/su *root* Andrew Re: How to su properly in a shell script 14 Years Ago by Peter Odéus I am executing the following script like "sudo ./script.sh", so that no authorization is needed when temporarily switching to user "test". The HERE tags delimit the execution in the test user context [code] #!/bin/sh echo ~/ su - test <<HERE echo ~/ ls -al HERE echo ~/ [/code] :-) /Peter Odéus Passing a variable with a password to the SU command 20 Years Ago by stharmon …to log in as root" echo "*************************************************************" su -c "ACME_QUIET=y rpm -ivh /home/acmeUser/acme_install…to log in as root." echo "**************************************************************************" su -c "rpm -ivh /home/acmeUser/acme_install/components/acme… Re: Passing a variable with a password to the SU command 20 Years Ago by HawkeVIPER …to log in as root" echo "*************************************************************" su -c "ACME_QUIET=y rpm -ivh /home/acmeUser/acme_install…to log in as root." echo "**************************************************************************" su -c "rpm -ivh /home/acmeUser/acme_install/components/acme… Re: Passing a variable with a password to the SU command 20 Years Ago by stharmon …, is how you were able to pass the password to SU with multiple commands (using ; )? So how'd you do it… wasn't able to "pass" the password to SU. Instead, I combined the commands into one (using ;). That way… you ever find out how to pass the password to SU, I would like to know as well... Re: Passing a variable with a password to the SU command 20 Years Ago by Comatose I understand what ; does on a command prompt and what not. What I DON'T understand, is how you were able to pass the password to SU with multiple commands (using ; )? So how'd you do it? Block User but allow su - 17 Years Ago by ajcamp Anyone know how to block a user from TTY login, thus forcing them to use their personal login, BUT then allowing them to su - to the blocked account? Changing shell to /sbin/nologin/ also blocks su - access. Do I need to use PAM to do this? Ugh. Thanks AJ Re: su - postgres within shell script 17 Years Ago by toronto Thanks you very much Masijade and Eggi. I tried both methods and find the one line easier because of not creating another file; however, I understand that as the file gets bigger then it's better to have it chunks (more organized). You guys are AMAZING. THANKS Re: su - postgres within shell script 14 Years Ago by masijade Have the last command be a call to a shell. You [i]do[/i] know, however, that this is rendering your security a moot point, right? [i]Not[/i] a good idea IMHO. Re: How to su properly in a shell script 20 Years Ago by alc6379 Ever thought about [b][url=http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/man/sudo.html]sudo[/b][/url]? It will allow you to execute single commands as a user without having to drop into the shell of that user. You could even run [b]sudo[/b], and point it to another shell script that contains all of the commands you need it to run, so you could make that script… Re: How to su properly in a shell script 16 Years Ago by akku12345 [QUOTE=alc6379;72307]Ever thought about [b][url=http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/man/sudo.html]sudo[/b][/url]? It will allow you to execute single commands as a user without having to drop into the shell of that user. You could even run [b]sudo[/b], and point it to another shell script that contains all of the commands you need it to run, so you … Re: How to su properly in a shell script 14 Years Ago by rehm hi i need automated routines in bash shell.. i do know how i m start, if you know pls send it to me.... Re: How to su properly in a shell script 14 Years Ago by rehm hi i need automated routines in bash shell.. i don't know how i m start, if you know pls send it to me.... Re: sudo su - user in a shell script 14 Years Ago by rch1231 Hello, SUDO is to make you have root privileges for executing the script you are about to run not really used for switching to a different user. There are other options. Linux allows you to set up a script so that when it is run it appears to be run by the owner of the file. You will see these in various place throughout the file structure. As… Re: sudo su - user in a shell script 14 Years Ago by cfajohnson Use: sudo -U user <command or script> Re: Passing a variable with a password to the SU command 20 Years Ago by YUPAPA [QUOTE=stharmon]Another option would be to use SUDO (so people tell me),[/QUOTE] That was what I was going to suggest :cheesy: You can pass the password using a pipe I guess ~ :-| I know how to do this in perl, but not in bash at the moment ~ Re: Passing a variable with a password to the SU command 20 Years Ago by stharmon It looks like I was able to use ; to separate the commands and it worked just fine. I had problems using & Thanks for the help! Re: Block User but allow su - 17 Years Ago by Toba passwd -l username passwd -u username to unlock again man passwd for more details. Re: merging text files on column 14 Years Ago by woooee …163743', 'BML-257 BML-257 Tanimoto from SU = 0.156627', 'SU 4312 SU 4312 Tanimoto from SU = 1', 'AG-370 AG-370 Tanimoto…163743', 'BML-257 BML-257 Tanimoto from SU = 0.156627', 'SU 4312 SU 4312 Tanimoto from SU = 1', 'AG-370 AG-370 …163743', 'BML-257 BML-257 Tanimoto from SU = 0.156627', 'SU 4312 SU 4312 Tanimoto from SU = 1', 'AG-370 AG-370 … python program with italian explanation , 17 Years Ago by ThePATRIOT …): #Ciclo infinito s=GPIO.setIOvalue(6,1) #Accendo il led su GPIO6 if(GPIO.getIOvalue(4)==0): #Verifico lo stato del… port GPIO4 s=GPIO.setIOvalue(5,1) #Accendo il led su GPIO5 TXbuff="AT+CMGS=\"%s\"\r"… un secondo s=GPIO.setIOvalue(6,0) #Spengo il led su GPIO6 MOD.sleep(10) #Pausa per un secondo else: #… Re: python program with italian explanation , 17 Years Ago by demetrio … s=GPIO.setIOvalue(5,1) #Accendo il led su GPIO5 En- It turns on the LED on GPIO5…GPIO6 s=GPIO.setIOvalue(7,0) #Spengo il led su GPIO7 En- It turns off the LED on GPIO7 …loop s=GPIO.setIOvalue(6,1) #Accendo il led su GPIO6 En- It turns on the LED on GPIO6 …port s=GPIO.setIOvalue(5,1) #Accendo il led su GPIO5 En- It turns on the LED on GPIO5…