On Nov 26, 2007 10:55 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the things i find difficult to script is a "nice" (read pretty) > way of continuing the install script after doing "su - lfs". the 'su' > command apparently starts a subshell process, and so the new subshell > just waits for user action, pausing the whole install script that > started the 'su'. And I cannot make it continue with the script as the > 'lfs' user, since, well su just blocks, and that is the way it works.
Read the man page for su. It only drops you to a shell if you don't give it a command to use. Try this: su - -c "/path/to/some_script.sh" lfs Beware that where you place the user on the command line is touchy depending on who's su you're using. Also, since you're not dropping to a shell, you won't pick the .bash* files created for the lfs user, so you'll have to recreate that environment somehow. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
