09-04-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by
rbatte1
Presumably the sudo rule that matches your request is prompting for a password. It could be set up to not ask for a password, but that needs to be done carefully to avoid exposing you to risk.
Do you know which rule is being used to grant your access (with the password) to do what you want?
Robin
Hi Robin,
its not sudo , its just su - $ou_user (this is oracle user)
What i am trying to do is once i login to box with generic user then i am trying to switch to ou_user (which is oracle) which mandatorily having password(which i know)
Only issue is I am not able to use password(for oracle user) within script
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