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# 1  
Old 03-29-2008
HOw can i use sudo in a script
Hi Everyone,

i am writing a script which will display all channels as below

sudo /usr/bin/su - mycamqrd
chs

I kept the above two lines in a ksh and after ran that it is going to mycamqrd home dir(sudo /usr/bin/su - mycamqrd).. The script is coming out and it is not executing chs. Please help me out in this.
Smilie

Thanks:
# 2  
Old 03-29-2008
Code:
sudo -u mycamqrd chs

I suppose you imagine the chs would be executed inside the sudo. It's not; your command runs a shell as root (!) and when you exit that, the chs will be executed as the current user.

If you really have a good (pressing! unreasonable!) reason to want to start a root shell and only execute chs in that, try this.

Code:
sudo -u mycamqrd -i -s chs

# 3  
Old 04-01-2008
Hi when i tried the above two commands it is asking for a passoword
Hi when i fired the above two commands it is asking me the password for mycamqrd. I am not running this from root shell as i dont have root permissions. Since i am firing the "sudo su - mycamqrd" and chs seperately i am getting the channels out put.

Please advise me how can i use the below two lines in ksh script.
sudo su - mycamqrd
chs


Smilie

Thanks in advance
# 4  
Old 04-02-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by rajesh212512
Hi when i fired the above two commands it is asking me the password for mycamqrd. I am not running this from root shell as i dont have root permissions. Since i am firing the "sudo su - mycamqrd" and chs seperately i am getting the channels out put.

Please advise me how can i use the below two lines in ksh script.
sudo su - mycamqrd
chs


Smilie

Thanks in advance


Hi There! it should be
Quote:
sudo -u "username" command

make sure the NOPASSWD option in the sudoers files for that particular command is set or else your script will need you to input the password for the specified user.

Hope this helps
# 5  
Old 04-02-2008
please let me know
Please let me know what is the path/file name to check NOPASSWORD option is set or not for sudoers.

Thanks in advance
# 6  
Old 04-03-2008
Read the manual page for sudo, in particular the FILES section, where it tells you this.
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