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1. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi all, I have a script that I will need to run occasionally to stop my db2 instance-
stopDB2.sh
su -l -c "db2 force application all"
su -l -c "db2 terminate"
su -l -c "db2 stop"
su -l -c "db2licd -end"
This works when I su to the instance owner (archive), and run each line. I need to... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: jeffs42885
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2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Whenever i switch from root to another user, by doing su - user, it takes me to home directory of user. This is very annoying as i want to be in same dir to run different commands as root sometimes and sometimes as normal user.
How to fix this? (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: syncmaster
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3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
I need to do a switch user in an automated mode and do a ftp using that switched id.
Scenario:
initial login xx.
switch to user-yy without manually entering the password.
ftp some files from user yy to another user zz - automated mode.
Can any unix experts can help me for my above query? (9 Replies)
Discussion started by: mjdarm
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4. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
what is the use of the double quotes and !! in the following code segment:
su - user1 << ""!! > /dev/null 2>&1
echo "welcome user1"
EOF
!!
also what is the difference between below:
su - user1 << ""!! > /dev/null 2>&1 and
su - $USER << ""!!!> /dev/null 2>&1.
Note: $USER =... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: bjagadeesh
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5. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
what is the use of the double quotes and !! in the following code segment:
su - user1 << ""!! > /dev/null 2>&1
echo "welcome user1"
EOF
!!
also what is the difference between below:
su - user1 << ""!! > /dev/null 2>&1 and
su - $USER << ""!!!> /dev/null 2>&1.
Note: $USER =... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: bjagadeesh
1 Replies
6. Shell Programming and Scripting
Hi,
I have a shell script in which I need to switch to another user and execute some commands and then come back to the original user.
To make it more clear -
I have to log in as user root then 'su' to jag - execute a script called backup.sh and then logout and come back to root again..
... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: bjagadeesh
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7. Shell Programming and Scripting
Good day Guys!!!
I am currently making a script in AIX, the script runs a SAS job, the owner of the script is the root, but the SAS jobs cannot be run by the root, as it should be run by a user 'sasia'. But inside the script, root creates a logfile, so what I need is just to su to sasia for the... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: sasia
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8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Running the following shell script,
#!/usr/bin/ksh
set -x
swdofile=/opt/SWDO_IN1V01P001_1.csv
USER='myusername'
PASSWD='mypassword'
HOST='myhostname'
ftp -n $HOST << SCRIPT
quote USER $USER
quote PASS $PASSWD
su - BRA -c put $swdofile
quit
SCRIPT
exit 0
but not managing to get the... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: daveaasmith
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9. Shell Programming and Scripting
I am writing a script that has some tasks that must be run as root, then set of tasks to be run as normal user, then again as root.
is there a way to switch between users in a script?
any other alternatives?
thx (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: melanie_pfefer
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10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers
Hello everyone,
I need to make a OS full backup. I am using the vdump command but first, I must to switch to the single-user mode.
I am working on a Compaq Tru64 Unix V4.0G.
Please, could somebody tell me which is/are the commands to do it?
I appreciate your help
Gastón (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: gmoyano
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