Hi,

This question has been asked before in the forums but I have not seen an appropriate answer.

I need a script to change user, perform a command then revert to the original user without anyone having to input a password on the screen. Neither user is root. I am using HP-UX11 and scripting in KSH. Perl is unfortunately not an option.

Is it possible to change users using KSH without any manual input from the screen.

Many thanks
Helen

you must do the following:

1. on the remote user define the local user and hostname in the .rhosts file.

e.g., from server2 define in the .rhosts file:

server1 localuser

2. use remsh to execute a command from the other user.

e.g., remsh server2 -l remoteuser -n command

Check out sudo

http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/

It can do what you are asking for.

Have a nice one!

/peter