If so, how can i get the user id of a running process that works on all OS types ? Below is what i have been using so far:
When you don't even know how to write a correct path you shouldn't be allowed to have a shell login, save for the sandbox to learn. When you ask your systems administrator how to do it tell him to remove your other user accounts. You are probably endangering the continuous operation of your corporate network.
hello all
I am happily using pine but unhappily sending email as username@where.my.mail.works
instead of ****@my.college.edu
well, my username on my computer is one thing, but my username on my college account (**** here) is different.
what I'm trying to do is use the college server for... (1 Reply)
Hi All,
Can anyone please let me know the syntax / how to pick up the Return Code ( RC) from the mailx command and return it to SAS uisng 'system()' function and '${?}'.
I am in a process to send the mail automatically with an attachment to bulk users. I have used 'Mailx' and 'Unencode'... (0 Replies)
Hi
I need to know if I have got the following grep command correct. I wanted to find from myfile.txt all signed real numbers (e.g. +5.0, -78, but not 5.0, 5 are not).
I have thought about it and decided it was this:
grep '' myfile.txt
but I was wondering if this was correct. If... (2 Replies)
Hi Everyone,
I am facing a problem regarding the select from sybase, the return with the incorrect size.
For example, field is NAME(20).
After i selected from sybase, the result is nicky.
after i assign it to another declaration variable, it will be in actual name "nicky" , what i need... (10 Replies)
Dear All,
I am new to unix and I am trying to build a shell script which will connect to a different server by passing username and password from a file or command line but not manually...
In short I dont want to connect to a diff server via ftp interactively.
Any suggestion...looking... (8 Replies)
I was trying to copy all debs from apt cache to some storage location and I was taking this approach...
/var/cache/apt/archives# ls -1 | grep -v jdownloader | fgrep .deb | xargs cp /media/eshant/L-STORE/Softwares/openjdk/an error bla_bla.deb is a not directory stalled me
Suggestions please... (9 Replies)
Hi,
I am trying to capture logs of the script in the file as well as on the screen. I have used exec and tee command for this. While using exec command I am getting the correct output in the file but, script output is not getting displayed on the screen as it get executed.
Below is my sample... (14 Replies)
If there were 3 files put in a folder on /Desktop/Test then transferred to a site.
would
gzip -r /Desktop/Test zip them so that
wget --http-user cmccabe --http -passwd xxxx*** https://something.sharefile.com/login.aspx -O - | tar -zxf - could be used to connect to the site, login,... (6 Replies)
Hi,
I am logged into as root & inside the home directory of another user.
ls -a
# ls -laq
total 44
drwx------ 4 user1 adm 4096 Nov 23 05:10 .
drwxr-xr-x. 12 root root 4096 Nov 22 13:05 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 user1 adm 18 Nov 22 13:05 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 user1 adm 193 Nov... (2 Replies)
If a command is not found, e.g. nawk, this is how I fix the problem
] && NAWK=/usr/bin/gawk
] && NAWK=/usr/bin/nawk
] && NAWK=/usr/bin/awkI use $NAWK an the set the appropriate value based on the system it runs.
How can I implement a similar fix for a command found but illegal argument.... (6 Replies)
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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