-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >> (10.30.2002 @ 1016 PST): David Banning said, in 0.4K: << > I am attempting to create a simple user shell executable which will > execute a root command. > > Executing; > > su root killall squid > > requests root's password, and then issues a; > > killall: /usr/bin/killall: cannot execute binary file > > while killall executes by root no problem. > Any idea what's going on here? >> end of "question on su use" from David Banning <<
you can try su root -c killall squid or you can use sudo ::) - -Adam - -- Adam Weinberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE9wCl2o8KM2ULHQ/0RAnLIAJ9mAyb7Zyc0tFdKrga/PFjI1d18gwCg1/5Z LYVvkjUIGlOAHX/YiNWGK6U= =edqO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
