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04-27-2009

PatGmac

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Bash script prompt for sudo password?

I'm making a script that will be a double clickable .command file and I need it to prompt for the users admin password.

So far I have:

Code:

if [[ "$(/usr/bin/whoami)" != "root" ]]; then 
    sudo -p "Please enter your admin password: " date 2>/dev/null 1>&2
        if [ ! $? = 0 ]; then 
            echo "You entered an invalid password or you are not an admin/sudoer user. Script aborted."
            exit 1
        fi
fi

which does get the prompt, but the rest of the script does not run with sudo privileges as needed. What do I need to do for this to apply to the whole script?

Thanks.

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