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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users running script as different owner Post 72523 by zazzybob on Saturday 21st of May 2005 12:34:58 AM
Old 05-21-2005
Some OS's allow you to use the SUID bit on a script - it isn't recommended but it will do the job. If the script is owned by fooadm and chmod'd 4755 then it will run as if executed by the owner.

You could look into expect for providing the password to su, or yes, sudo is a good option.

Cheers
ZB
 

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wnn

wwsetup(8)						      System Manager's Manual							wwsetup(8)

NAME

       wwsetup, wnn - Sets up the 8-bit option for sendmail and the Wnn character-cell input method for Japanese

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/wwsetup

DESCRIPTION

       The  wwsetup  script performs one or both of the following tasks: Enables or disables 8-bit transmission code, which is an option supported
       by sendmail software

	      By default, sendmail uses the 7-bit SMTP mail transmission protocol that is the standard for sending mail  over  a  TCP/IP  network.
	      Note  that  enabling the 8-bit option is not generally recommended because it violates the SMTP mail transmission protocol.  Config-
	      ures the Wnn software that supports a character-cell input method that is widely used in Japan

	      If the Tru64 UNIX IOSJPWNNnnn subset is installed, the wwsetup script asks if you want to create the following links if they do  not
	      already exist on the system:

	      /usr/local/bin/Wnn4 --> /usr/i18n/bin/Wnn4 /usr/local/bin/wnn --> /usr/i18n/lib/wnn

	      The script also prompts you to enter the password for Wnn dictionaries if they do not already exist on the system.

	      Both the links and the dictionary password must be in place before Wnn software can be used.

SEE ALSO

       Commands: sendmail(8), jserver(1wnn)

       Note  that the jserver(1wnn) reference page is available only in Japanese and is included in the subset that contains Japanese translations
       of reference pages.

       Others: i18n_intro(5), Japanese(5), l10n_intro(5)

																	wwsetup(8)
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