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Old 03-24-2011
su -m <user> passwordless?

Hi!

I am working on mac osx and have a script which prompts for password for a non-root user, can I avoid that?

su -m <user>
Prompts for a password.

Its a startup script and the start up fails?

How can I fix this?

Thanks,
Jack.
# 2  
Old 03-24-2011
sudo is probably the best idea, I think it's available for Mac OSX
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Old 03-24-2011
ssh is another way.
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Old 03-25-2011
or just use expect to handle interactive prompts
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Old 03-25-2011
@Chubler_XL Yes there is a sudo on mac os.
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