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cleanwork /saswork removes sas orphanded processes in the saswork directory. Subdirectories under sasem are sas94, sas92 and sasworks .

I am getting the following error messages:
1.
'/usr/bin/sudo -S apt-get update <~/opt/SiM/pos/ps/db_auth.cfg /sasem/sas92/sashome/sasfoundation/9.2/utilities/bin/cleanwork /sasworks'

line 69 '/usr/bin/sudo -S apt-get update <~/opt/SiM/pos/db_auth.cfg /sasem/sas92/sashome/sasfoundation/9.2/utilities/bin/cleanwork /sasworks: A file or directory in path does not exist

2.
'/usr/bin/sudo -S apt-get update <~/opt/SiM/pos/db_auth.cfg /sasem/sas94/sashome/sasfoundation/9.4/utilities/bin/cleanwork /sasworks'


line 76 '/usr/bin/sudo -S apt-get update <~/opt/SiM/pos/db_auth.cfg /sasem/sas94/sashome/sasfoundation/9.4/utilities/bin/cleanwork /sasworks: A file or directory in path does not exist


3.
-S apt-get update is not reading in the password from the db_auth.cfg file.

4.
How the sudo -S apt-get update <~/opt/SiM/pos/db_auth.cfg syntax works is when the sudo command prompts for a password, the password is read from db_auth.cfg.

5.
db_auth.cfg contents are as following (encrypt the password) :
DB_PASSWD="Swxftyi"
DB_PASSWORD=$(eval echo ${DB_PASSWD} | base64


6.

Code:

db_auth.cfg
DB_PASSWD="Swxftyi"
DB_PASSWORD=$(eval echo ${DB_PASSWD} | base64

7.

Code:

function cleanwork 
{
 set -x
    '/usr/bin/sudo  -S apt-get update <~/opt/SiM/pos/db_auth.cfg     /sasem/sas92/sashome/sasfoundation/9.2/utilities/bin/cleanwork /sasworks'
set +x
}

function cleanwork94
{
 set -x
    '/usr/bin/sudo  -S apt-get update <~/opt/SiM/pos/db_auth.cfg     /sasem/sas94/sashome/sasfoundation/9.4/utilities/bin/cleanwork  /sasworks'
set +x
}

./cleanwork

./cleanwork94

sudo will not read a password from file, ever. It's designed to prevent you from doing what you're trying to do, because it's a terribly insecure idea.

Configure sudo to allow you to run that specific script without a password instead.

If I manually type the follow script in a command prompt, it will work but I am prompted for a password.

The following is an example of the script in a command prompt:

Code:

  cd  /sasem/sas92/sashome/sasfoundation/9.2/utilities/bin/
$ ./cleanwork /sasworks

I added the code to a shell script but I am getting the following error
message: sasworks cannot be found

Here is my code:

Code:

!#bin/bash
sasadm ALL = NOPASSWD: ALL

echo cleanwork='/usr/bin/sudo   /sasem/sas92/sashome/sasfoundation/9.2/utilities/bin/cleanwork /sasworks'


echo cleanwork94='/usr/bin/sudo   /sasem/sas94/sashome/sasfoundation/9.4/utilities/bin/cleanwork /sasworks'

./$cleanwork

././$cleanwork94

Does the file "/sasworks" (in the file systems' root!) really exist? Shouldn't it be local to e.g. "sasem"?

Sure your "shebang" doesn't give an error?

The second line looks like a "sudoers" entry. Sure you want it there?

sudo does not work that way.

Put sudo directives in sudoers. You will need administrator access to do so.