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# 1  
Old 05-19-2010
using alias
I need to login to one server and then switch the user and set a number alias. But i cant modify the .profile file.
I have one script avi1.sh
Code:
$ more avi.sh
sudo su - bil
sh avi1.sh

and in home directory of bil i have avi1.sh that says
Code:
$ more avi1.sh
alias l='ls -ltr'
alias b='cd /apps/bin'
alias p='cd /apps/perl'

but i think when the user changes avi.sh second line is not executed Smilie

any suggestions please.
Last edited by vgersh99; 05-19-2010 at 06:56 AM.. Reason: code tags, please!
# 2  
Old 05-19-2010
"su" creates a new shell running with elevated privileges. What you need to do is to tell su to run the avi1.sh script, like:
Code:
sudo su - bil -c "sh /path/to/avi1.sh"

You have to call avi1.sh with full pathname, because "su - " changes the directory to the home directory of the user "bil".
# 3  
Old 05-19-2010
now its asking for password
$ . ./avi.sh
Password:
# 4  
Old 05-19-2010
Usually sudo is configured to ask you for your own password before it gives you elevated privileges. root can change this by editing the sudoers file.
# 5  
Old 05-19-2010
however without -c "sh /path/to/avi1.sh" its working fine ...
# 6  
Old 05-19-2010
Strange, it work's on my end. What OS are you working on? Can you post the relevant part of the sudoers file that grants you right to execute su?
# 7  
Old 05-19-2010
$ uname -a
Linux amsdatbtch48 2.6.18-53.el5 #1 SMP Wed Oct 10 16:34:19 EDT 2007 x86_64
i dont know how and where to find "relevant part of the sudoers file "
 
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