11-29-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by
jim mcnamara
The "problem" is not bash, it is su. You are asking it to let you create a security hole. It has code to avoid doing that.
Since you seem to know the root passwd, try using sudo. This means you have to set up the /etc/sudoers file. Then certain users are allowed whatever privilege you give them when they execute sudo.
If you are bound and determined to do something insecure, try using expect. This lets you put passwords in a shell script to su.
Thanks for the response, I know things would be easy if I could personally access the machines and doing all sorts of things by typing keys. I am talking about the program and I won't use expect.
I am surprised that you have a root password but you cannot do anything to login to the root to do root permission things in Linux program.
I have seen many GUI programs to let you enter the root password then to access root files. Seems there are some ways to log into the root with root password in Linux program, right?
Thank you.
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dsenableroot
dsenableroot(8) BSD System Manager's Manual dsenableroot(8)
NAME
dsenableroot -- enables or disables the root account.
SYNOPSIS
dsenableroot [-d] [-u username] [-p password] [-r rootPassword]
DESCRIPTION
dsenableroot sets the password for the root account if enabling the root user account. Otherwise, if disable [-d] is chosen, the root
account passwords are removed and the root user is disabled.
A list of flags and their descriptions:
-u username
Username of a user that has administrative privileges on this computer.
-p password
Password to use in conjunction with the specified username. If this is not specified, you will be prompted for entry.
-r rootPassword
Password to be used for the root account. If this is not specified for enabling, you will be prompted for entry.
EXAMPLES
-dsenableroot
Your username will be used and you will be queried for both your password and the new root password to be set to enable the root
account.
-dsenableroot -d
Your username will be used and you will be queried for only your password to disable the root account.
-dsenableroot -u username -p userpassword -r rootpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to enable the root account.
-dsenableroot -d -u username -p userpassword
The supplied arguments will be used to disable the root account.
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