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Old 09-10-2015
Auto ENTER key on TERM
I'm working in a UNIX box that's owned by a vendor. They have it set up by State, meaning when I need to program script related to certain States, I type in, for example, "CA", it goes to a whole other terminal:

Code:
ddqsw:pts/2:login [/home/miller]
 miller CA
TERM = ( vt100 )


When I do this I have to hit ENTER to choose vt100.

I'm trying to create a script that will go into each State. My problem is when I run the script, when it gets to the TERM = ( vt100 ) part, it's needing the ENTER key to continue. How can I put in the ENTER key automatically?
# 2  
Old 09-10-2015
Something like this?
Code:
miller CA << EOF

EOF

hth
# 3  
Old 09-10-2015
Can you show us the output from this:-
Code:
cat `whence CA`

so we can read the code that is being called and see if there is an override.


Thanks, in advance,
Robin
# 4  
Old 09-10-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by rbatte1
Can you show us the output from this:-
Code:
cat `whence CA`

so we can read the code that is being called and see if there is an override.


Thanks, in advance,
Robin
Code:
cat `whence CA`
cat: cannot open sudo
cat: cannot open -iu
cat: cannot open causr

Thanks for the reply.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by sea
Something like this?
Code:
miller CA << EOF

EOF

hth
I just noticed when I run "CA" manually, it actually asks for the TERM choice TWICE.

Code:
ddqsw:pts/2:login [/home/miller]
 miller CA
TERM = ( vt100 )
Release 18.10.05 09/05/15 Advanced Solutions
TERM = ( vt100 )

Sea,
I tried your code. It seemed to work with 1 TERM but not the other TERM.
# 5  
Old 09-10-2015
Um, right, silly me, it's a shell alias. It seems to be a sudo -iu causr which will run the profile for the user causr and it is within there that this is prompting.

Sudo manual page
Quote:
-i
Run the shell specified by the target user's password database entry as a login shell. This means that login-specific resource files such as .profile or .login will be read by the shell. If a command is specified, it is passed to the shell for execution via the shell's -c option. If no command is specified, an interactive shell is executed. sudo attempts to change to that user's home directory before running the shell. The command is run with an environment similar to the one a user would receive at log in. The Command environment section in the sudoers(5) manual documents how the -i option affects the environment in which a command is run when the sudoers policy is in use.
Can you get at the profile for account causr and see what it does?


Robin
# 6  
Old 09-10-2015
This would run through 3 states, sending '2 enter' to each of it.
Code:
for state in CA WS IL
do 	$state <<-EOF
	
	
	EOF
done

hth
# 7  
Old 09-10-2015
Quote:
Originally Posted by rbatte1
Um, right, silly me, it's a shell alias. It seems to be a sudo -iu causr which will run the profile for the user causr and it is within there that this is prompting.

Sudo manual page


Can you get at the profile for account causr and see what it does?


Robin
.
Code:
 /usr/local/ats/sc/profile
. /usr/local/ats/osa/profile
MAIL=/usr/mail/${LOGNAME:?}
PATH=${PATH}:/home/causr/CABIN

 
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