UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi all
Can sombody tell me how can i run a script as a regular user and then change in the middle of the script to root,perform a task that needs root permisions and get back to the regular user.

Hi there

I had a call the other day where a User wanted to do the same thing..

We and a couple of others came to the decision that Under TRU64 , you cannot do that.

How ever try looking at sudo

Here is a brief description

Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while logging the commands and arguments.

or have a look at the man page on DOP

dop - Allows a user to execute a privileged program without knowing the root password. The dop command also modifies the action database.

Hope this Helps

Hi Burts.

I will appreciate it a lot if you can send me an example for a script.

Thanks again

I dont have any examples but

Have a look at this website and talk to you Administrator

http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/


Regards

Mr B

Here's an alternative that I was shown a few months ago for a task I had ...

su root -c "cp -R /usr/users/$cur_user/unixcourse /usr/users/$recv_user && chown -R $recv_user /usr/users/$recv_user/unixcourse"

Also: You need to be a member of the system group to be allowed to "su" to root.

Cheers,
Cameron