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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Run shell script as different user Post 69764 by mskarica on Tuesday 19th of April 2005 10:18:00 PM
Old 04-19-2005
I am running on SUN/OS. I have not tried what you mentioned, really not sure how to do it. When I said that the when the script is run with "daemon" being the owner, daemon is the root.

So lets say I send an email with an attachment, and the script is invoked. The file is decoded and and saved to the current directory, then I try to submit it to the repository. Lets say I log on to the unix account to which the email was sent to, if I look at the file (ls -l), I'm not the owner of the file, the owner of the file is daemon, which is the root and is considered "other". I'm almost certain that this is what is causing the ci and co operations to fail.

So.......I need to figure out how to get the script to be invoked, and run as if the owner of the process is another account, even just my account, anything other than "daemon"!

I know when you do chmod there are 3 numbers like chmod 755. You said chmod 4550.....what is the 0 for?

Thanks for the input.

Last edited by mskarica; 04-20-2005 at 12:27 PM..
 

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SCRIPT(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 SCRIPT(1)

NAME
script -- make typescript of terminal session SYNOPSIS
script [-adfpqr] [-c command] [file] DESCRIPTION
script makes a typescript of everything printed on your terminal. It is useful for students who need a hardcopy record of an interactive session as proof of an assignment, as the typescript file can be printed out later with lpr(1). If the argument file is given, script saves all dialogue in file. If no file name is given, the typescript is saved in the file typescript. Option: -a Append the output to file or typescript, retaining the prior contents. -c command Run the named command instead of the shell. Useful for capturing the output of a program that behaves differently when associated with a tty. -d When playing back a session with the -p flag, don't sleep between records when playing back a timestamped session. -f Flush output after each write. This is useful for watching the script output in real time. -p Play back a session recorded with the -r flag in real time. -q Be quiet, and don't output started and ended lines. -r Record a session with input, output, and timestamping. The script ends when the forked shell exits (a control-D to exit the Bourne shell (sh(1)), and exit, logout or control-d (if ignoreeof is not set) for the C-shell, csh(1)). Certain interactive commands, such as vi(1), create garbage in the typescript file. script works best with commands that do not manipulate the screen, the results are meant to emulate a hardcopy terminal. ENVIRONMENT
The following environment variable is used by script: SHELL If the variable SHELL exists, the shell forked by script will be that shell. If SHELL is not set, the Bourne shell is assumed. (Most shells set this variable automatically). SEE ALSO
csh(1) (for the history mechanism). HISTORY
The script command appeared in 3.0BSD. BUGS
script places everything in the log file, including linefeeds and backspaces. This is not what the naive user expects. BSD
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