Using alias after issuing 'su - user' Post: 302963736

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. Shell Programming and Scripting

unix question: user supplied input for 'alias'

I have a program to scan the log files and I want to pipe the output to 'less'. I want to create an alias such that following are equivalent scanlog chunky.lst = /udd/n2man/utils/scanlog chunky.lst|less where chunky is user supplied file which can change. Is this possible as an alias or...

2. Linux

Error in issuing a make and make install

Hi, Recently I install a package and try to do a make and make install. However, in the make it gives me below error:- make:Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am' make:Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am' Can anyone please explain to me what does this mean? I have been trying...

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Setting alias for a user - Linux ubuntu

Hi i have a user "SYSTEM" i want to set the below command in his .profile for an alias: who | awk '{print $1}'| sed '/SYSTEM/d' | sed '/root/d' |xargs -i pkill -u {} i tried as below: alias stop = " who | awk '{print $1}'| sed '/SYSTEM/d' | sed '/root/d' |xargs -i pkill -u {}" ...

4. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Issuing a Here Document as a Single Line Command

How can I run a here document on just one line? I ask, because I need to issue it from C++ as a system() or similar command and for security reasons I don't want to write out a shell script file from the program and run it. For example, how could I write: passwd test <<EOF n3wp3ss...

5. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Create alias files (not alias commands)

If one: $ find -name 'some expression' -type f > newfile and then subsequently wants to create an alias file from each pathname the find command retrieved and the > placed within 'newfile', how would one do this? Ideally, the newly created alias files would all be in one directory. I am...

6. Shell Programming and Scripting

Matching user alias's to their ID's in the passwd file

Hi, I've a user alias file in the below format.. I need to change all the ID's that come after the = sign (with some multiple ID's which are separated by comma's) to their respective users that are contained in the passwords file.. Whats the best way to go about this.. Some sort of sed command in...

7. Red Hat

Postfix - want to send email to some non-existent user using alias

Hi, I know how to use email redirection using /etc/aliases file + postfix combination and it is working fine for existing users. The question I have is: I want to send an email to tony@server1.example.com while tony user is actually not there. Rather, I want to redirect that email to...

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Time command issuing all zeroes

I am trying to issue the time command on a program so I can see execution times but it is returning all zeroes. Like this: time pdriver arg1 arg2 0.000u 0.000s 0:00.00 0.0% 0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w "0+0k 0+0io 0pf+0w" --> The "0+0io" may change sometimes to a different number. How can I run the...

9. Homework & Coursework Questions

Time command issuing all zeroes (is now considered homework help)

Use and complete the template provided. The entire template must be completed. If you don't, your post may be deleted! 1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data: A common problem arising in games and simulations is to generate a random arrangements of integers from 1 to N....

10. Shell Programming and Scripting

Add file extensions to files EXCEPT the script that is issuing

Greetings all, On a RedHat System - I am issuing a command from script.sh that will add a file extension to a listing of files in a directory. It works, but I need to script from having an extension added as well. Here is what I have tried to no luck: for file in `ls * | awk ' /\./{print...

LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX

ali

ali(1mh) ali(1mh)

Name
ali - list mail aliases

Syntax
ali [ -alias aliasfile ] [ -help ] [ -[no]list ] [ -[no]normalize ] [ -user useraddr ] [ -nouser ] [ aliases ... ]

Description
The command searches the specified mail alias files for each of the given aliases. It creates a list of addresses for those aliases, and
displays that list on the screen.

Options
-alias aliasfile
Specifies the alias file to be consulted by You can specify more than one alias file, but each aliasfile must be preceded by
-alias. In addition to any alias files that you specify, consults the system alias file

You can set up an entry in your so that automatically consults an alias file. To do this, add the Aliasfile entry to your pro-
file. See for more information.

-help Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

-list
-nolist Prints the addresses on separate lines. If you do not specify the -list option, the addresses are separated by commas and
printed on as few lines as possible.

-normalize
-nonormalize
Instructs to try to track down the official hostname of the address. This can be suppressed by using -nonormalize. The default
is -nonormalize.

-user useraddr
-nouser Displays all the aliases that contain a specific name. Instead of listing the addresses that each given alias expands to, lists
the aliases that expand to include each given address. You must specify the complete user name that you have used in your alias
file.

The defaults for this command are:

-alias /usr/lib/mh/MailAliases
-nolist
-nonormalize
-nouser

Examples
The following example shows how the -user option can be used to list all the aliases containing the address Parker@Venus:
% ali -user Parker@Venus
Parker@Venus: Group, Reviewers, Badminton

Profile Components
Path: Location of your Mail directory.
Aliasfile: Location of your personal alias file.

Files
The user profile.

The system alias file.

The system password file.

The system group file.