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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Automating su ( sudo ) login Post 302997232 by venkidhadha on Wednesday 10th of May 2017 03:09:30 AM
Old 05-10-2017
Automating su ( sudo ) login
Hi,

I am planning to automate a deployment process and the below are the steps
  1. Connect from windows to Unix server
  2. Login with user name : admin and password
  3. After logging in , switch user to root to get additional privileges
  4. Perform actions on files and directories post switching to root user.

I am now stuck at point 3, post connecting to unix and logging in with admin, I will have to switch to root which I need to automate in script.

I saw an option with sudo -S ( where the input is not taken from terminal ) echo -e 'password' | sudo -S su root

but the above did not work. I am not fine with editing the sudoers file as anyone can then login with this id without password.

Would be great if you can assist on the same.
Last edited by rbatte1; 05-10-2017 at 09:44 AM.. Reason: Converted textual numbered list to formatted numbered list with LIST=1 tags
 

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LEARN ABOUT OSX

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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