Hello again,

I have a script, basically simple scp to copy files to a local machine for processing. The scp and ssh facilities use a specific user account requiring no password entry , simply /usr/bin/su - radacct

however, I need to run this script from cron under a different user account. I tried su'ing inside the script and that does not work. How do you do something like this ?

thanks

U can't run the script as different user with out giving passwd.

Only user who can do this with out passwd is "root" without
prompting passwd.

su user "-c script"

There is a special account set up to do secure cp "scp" and secure shell "ssh".

when you /bin/su - radacct

then do a ssh or scp you do not have to enter a password.


in order to do a ssh or scp automatically you need to use this special account for scp and ssh.

Virtually every modern version of unix allows non-root users to have crontabs. Why can't you just su to your special user and install the cron job?

Yeah,

I thought of that too. I tried it and for some reason unless I messed up it didn't work. I'll attempt it again with a clear head.