You can use the ENV option on a PROCESS start request to set environment
variables like PATH and CLASSPATH (or perhaps run a shell script that sets
the enviroment variables in conjunction with whatever command your
process is starting. There is an open bug to investigate how STAF can
automatically set environment variables for a particular user on Unix. See
Bug #1334433 at
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1334433&group_id=33142&atid=407381
for a possible workaround using "su" in the shell to run the process as a
different user. For example, to run a process as another user and have
the environment variables for this user, try specifying:
SHELL "su - %u -c %C"
For example, with STAFProc started as root, you can run a process as a
user "user1" and use it's environment variables as shown by running the
env command to show the environment variables used by the process:
STAF local PROCESS START SHELL "su - %u -c %C" COMMAND env RETURNSTDOUT
STDERRTOSTDOUT USERNAME user1
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Sharon Lucas
IBM Austin, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(512) 838-8347 or Tieline 678-8347
"Sandy Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
10/06/2008 04:47 AM
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Subject
Re: [staf-users] start procee with different user on RH4 server
Hi,
I follow your suggestion and try again, and make it successful to run
shell command with another user. The reason why I failed last time is that
I didn't start staf with root user. Thank you very much!
But how about my second question? I want to run shell command with a
different user and its enviroment. For all enviroment variables associated
with the new user will not be loaded automatically. But my shell command
depends on enviroment variables such as PATH, CLASSPATH and so on. Is
there any way to make staf load enviroment variables automatically?
Best regards,
Homer
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 3:50 AM, Javier Collado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hello,
Maybe the problem is that the ability to launch a process with a
different user is disabled by default. However, you may change
PROCESSAUTHMODE variable in your STAF.cfg configuration file to enable
it. From the user's guide SET PROCESSAUTHMODE <value>:
<<
* DISABLED - This indicates that the user may not specify a
username/password with which to authenticate when starting a process.
This mode is available on all platforms. This is default mode.
* WINDOWS - This indicates that windows-based authentication
should be used. This mode is only available on Windows systems. See
"Starting a Process Under a Different User on Windows" for more
information.
* NONE - This indicates that usernames will be honored but not
authenticated. In this mode, passwords are ignored and processes are
started under the indicated username. This mode is only available on
Unix systems.
>>
Best regards,
Javier
2008/9/28 Sandy Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Hi, guys:
>
> I want to use process service to start a shell command with another user
> rather than current user,. Follow <STAF V3 User's Guide>, I think that
such
> a command may do that:
>
> staf local process start shell command whoami username yl password
123456
> wait returnstdout returnstderr
>
> But it failed when execute this command. Below is error message:
>
> Error during process authentication for user name yl
>
> Somebody could tell me why?
>
> I also get an infomation from
>
http://www.mail-archive.com/staf-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg00219.html
> that even this command executes succcessed, all enviroment variables
> associated with the new user will not be loaded automatically. But my
shell
> command depends on enviroment variables such as PATH and other. Is there
any
> way to make staf load enviroment variables automatically?
>
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