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hi
I have a bit of a problem i need help with.
I have a script that runs no problems when i run it manually. as soon as i stick in
tester: /app/scripts/run.pl
into /etc/aliases & try to run it by sending a mail it doesnt work.
the output files are owned by daemon, which i dont like & think may be the problem.


(the script calls a binary that logs onto a remote server (without prompts or interaction) which then does its thing ( i have no choice i must use this method to reach the final program))

& its perfectly fine if i run it manually & apparently others in the company had been able to make their script run from aliases.
but i'm a newbie & learning as i go.


so, how can i get a script executed by daemon to be ran as a user & not daemon.

on solaris 10.

thanks

I'm having a little trouble following, but I think this might work for you:

Code:

vi program.pl
paste the program text into this file and save it
chmod 755 program.pl
./program.pl

getting the script to run manually is no problem. its even got 777 perms
the problem i think is it is running as daemon when it gets called from /etc/aliases.
& if i can change it to run as me or nobody then i can eliminate 1 possible answer

thanks

as with 'crontab'... make sure that your 'script' has all the neccessary enviroment variables defined at the point of a execution. If necessary, wrap your script with the 'wrapper' script that defines the env. vars and calls the script then.

that sound like a plan, except i dont know how to define the environment to run as as specific user.

If you put it into your crontab it will run under your username.

it cant go under crontab, it gets triggered by an incoming mail & they are sporadic
& i just tried 4755 permissions & dumped the ps info & its now running as my used id, which is fine. but still doesnt work.

maybe it my system call?

$outputfile = /tmp/tmp.out;
system "/usr/bin/binary -submit $outputfile";
wait;


is that an ok system call?