in a server we can't login with root user directly but i can login with different user and then i can switch to root user by
Requirement
is there anyway where i can write a script without mentioning password in file as mentioning the root password is not the correct way due to security issue.
Hi,
I wrote a unix script that will perform differnt tasks on bahalf of number of users. I use "sudo" to run the script. The problem is when I execute the command: su - user -c "xxx " > output_file, I get the system output header frm the su command. Is there a way to get rid of it instdead of... (2 Replies)
Hi everyone:
I have a big trouble, I need create a script that must switch user and then must execute
certain commands, sadly neither my user nor the second user have no privileges
for sudo, I've tried everything but seems su doesn't accept input redirection, please help me, it's very... (8 Replies)
Hi Experts,
I'm trying to write a shell script to stop few things where i have to use another user to execute a command. Otherwise it will not work.
Your help is really appreciated
Thanks, (16 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to create one script where I have to login as another user inside the script to exeute some commands
How can i achieve this?
Many thanks in advance. (4 Replies)
Hi,
script1.sh
script2.sh
script3.sh
From above, script1.sh is the main script which is executed from root user, creates installation directory, changing ownership and execution rights etc..etc.. and finally calls scripot2.sh and script3.sh to create the database as well as for post... (1 Reply)
hi,
i want to execute a shell script as a different user. the flow is like this.
there is a html web page from which i have to call a shell script. web server is apache. to call the shell script from html page, a perl script is required.
so the html page calls the perl script and the perl... (2 Replies)
I want to switch to another user without password inside shell.
I used the below command and it is not working.
sudo su - user1
user1 is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
I'm getting the above message.
If I want to add user1 into the sudoers file using... (5 Replies)
Hi everyone:
I need create a script that must switch user and then must execute
certain commands, sadly neither my user nor the second user have no privileges
for su - ,
I've tried everything but seems su doesn't accept input redirection,
please help me,
... (4 Replies)
Hi,
I need to switch from local user to root user in a shell script.
I need to make it automated so that it doesn't prompt for the root password.
I heard the su command will do that work but it prompt for the password.
and also can someone tell me whether su command spawns a new shell or... (1 Reply)
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
calife
CALIFE(1) BSD General Commands Manual CALIFE(1)NAME
calife -- becomes root (or another user) legally.
SYNOPSIS
calife [-] [login]
or
... [-] [login] for some sites (check with your administrator).
DESCRIPTION
Calife requests user's own password for becoming login (or root, if no login is provided), and switches to that user and group ID after veri-
fying proper rights to do so. A shell is then executed. If calife is executed by root, no password is requested and a shell with the appro-
priate user ID is executed.
The invoked shell is the user's own except when a shell is specified in the configuration file calife.auth.
If ``-'' is specified on the command line, user's profile files are read as if it was a login shell.
This is not the traditional behavior of su.
Only users specified in calife.auth can use calife to become another one with this method.
You can specify in the calife.auth file the list of logins allowed for users when using calife. See calife.auth(5) for more details.
calife.auth is installed as /etc/calife.auth.
FILES
/etc/calife.auth List of users authorized to use calife and the users they can become.
/etc/calife.out This script is executed just after getting out of calife.
SEE ALSO su(1), calife.auth(5), group(5), environ(7)ENVIRONMENT
The original environment is kept. This is not a security problem as you have to be yourself at login (i.e. it does not have the same security
implications as in su(1) ).
Environment variables used by calife:
HOME Default home directory of real user ID.
PATH Default search path of real user ID unless modified as specified above.
TERM Provides terminal type which may be retained for the substituted user ID.
USER The user ID is always the effective ID (the target user ID) after an su unless the user ID is 0 (root).
BUGS
The MD5-based crypt(3) function is slower and probably stronger than the DES-based one but it is usable only among FreeBSD 2.0+ systems.
HISTORY
A calife command appeared in DG/UX, written for Antenne 2 in 1991. It has evolved considerably since this period with more OS support, user
lists handling and improved logging.
PAM support was introduced in 2005 to port it to MacOS X variants (Panther and up).
AUTHOR
Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
BSD September 25, 1994 BSD