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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Not able to 'su' to other user when rebooting the server Post 302243509 by vasanth.vadalur on Monday 6th of October 2008 02:05:25 AM
Old 10-06-2008
Is it SUN?
What was the OS. Is it SUN microsystem?


Quote:
Originally Posted by Selva_Kumar
Hi All,

I have created one script with starting letter 'S' (Example: Start) and stored in the path "/etc/rc.d/".

This script was called automatically when we reboot the server.
In this script i am using 'su' command to switch other user but it is not working, it giving some error.

su sas -c "pwd ; whoami"

Note:

After done the reboot, same command is working fine but it is not working when we rebooting the server.

Please help me to resolve this issue.
 

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LEARN ABOUT OSF1

fastboot

fastboot(8)						      System Manager's Manual						       fastboot(8)

NAME

       fastboot - Reboots the system without checking file systems

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/fastboot [-lnq]

DESCRIPTION

       The  fastboot command reboots the system without checking file systems.	The program creates the fastboot file then invokes the reboot pro-
       gram.  The system start-up script contains instructions to look for the fastboot file.  If present, the script removes the file	and  skips
       the invocation of the fsck command.

       You must have root privileges to use this command.

FLAGS

       Does  not  log  the reboot or place a shutdown record in the accounting file.  Does not sync the disks or log the reboot.  Performs a quick
       reboot without first shutting down running processes; does not log the reboot.

FILES

       Specifies the command path

RELATED INFORMATION

       Commands:  fsck(8), rc0(8), rc2(8), rc3(8), reboot(8), shutdown(8), syslogd(8)

       Functions:  sync(2), syslog(3) delim off

																       fastboot(8)
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