On 7/9/07, Lakshmi Sailaja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
It is not a single command that I am supposed to run. I have to change to a different user and run a couple of commands.
Well, you could use sudo to launch a shell, such as /bin/sh or csh or bash, and then use that shell to run commands. But it's probably easier to write a small program (a shell script or even a Perl program) and simply run that as the other user.
But as per your solution, I would be running one specific command. Also where am I passing the password in the sudo command?
If you use sudo's -S option, you'll be able to pass the password in via sudo's STDIN. Check your sudo manpage for the full story.
Password will be figured on the fly so I can't store it in a file.
Huh? You mean you have a small function (of zero parameters) which outputs the password? That doesn't make much sense. You've got to look into SOME file (even if it's your program's own file) to find a password. In the end, it doesn't matter where the password comes from, as long as it can go to sudo at the right time. But keeping the credentials in a file (and having the proper permissions on that file) is the usual way that people solve this problem. So I'm a little suspicious of any other solution. Good luck with it! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
