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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users scripting Post 10489 by yelalouf on Thursday 15th of November 2001 07:56:29 AM
Old 11-15-2001
scripting

Hi all
Can sombody tell me how can i run a script as a regular user and then change in the middle of the script to root,perform a task that needs root permisions and get back to the regular user
 

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CLEANALLRUV.PL(8)					      System Manager's Manual						 CLEANALLRUV.PL(8)

NAME
cleanallruv.pl - Directory Server perl script for issuing a cleanAllRUV task SYNOPSIS
cleanallruv.pl [-v] [-Z serverID] [-D rootdn] { -w password | -w - | -j filename } -b basedn -r rid [-A] [-P protocol] [-h] DESCRIPTION
Creates and adds a cleanAllRUV task to the Directory Server OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below: -Z Server Identifier The server ID of the Directory Server instance. If there is only one instance on the system, this option can be skipped. -D Root DN The Directory Manager DN, or root DN. If not specified, the script will search the server instance configuration for the value. -w password The rootdn password. -w - Prompt for the rootdn password. -j password filename The name of the file that contains the root DN password. -b basedn The replicated suffix that needs to be cleaned. -r rid The replica ID that needs to be removed. -P Protocol The connection protocol to connect to the Directory Server. Protocols are STARTTLS, LDAPS, LDAPI, and LDAP. If this option is skipped, the most secure protocol that is available is used. For LDAPI, AUTOBIND is also available for the root user. -A Abort a cleanAllRUV task that is currently running. -v Display verbose ouput -h Display usage EXAMPLE
cleanallruv.pl -Z instance1 -D 'cn=directory manager' -j /tmp/pw.txt -b 'dc=example,dc=com' -r 87 -P STARTTLS Note: security must be enabled to use protocol STARTTLS. If STARTTLS is not available it will default to next strongest/available protocol automatically. cleanallruv.pl -j /export/rootdnpw.txt -b 'dc=example,dc=com' -A -r 87 DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is zero if no errors occur. Errors result in a non-zero exit status and a diagnostic message being written to standard error. AUTHOR
cleanallruv.pl was written by the 389 Project. REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to http://bugzilla.redhat.com. COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2013 Red Hat, Inc. Mar 5, 2013 CLEANALLRUV.PL(8)
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