if I recall correctly, you can grab a password from a file (as bd stated, this is dangerous)
sudo su < filewithpword.txt; command 1; command 2; etc 3 scary thing to do though. On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Bernard Devlin <bdrun...@gmail.com> wrote: > It may be that the easiest way around that is to edit /etc/sudoers and > configure some username, such that said the logged-in user does not > need to enter a password in order to call 'sudo su - auser'. If you > look inside /etc/sudoers it should explain what is required to make > access to sudo passwordless for that user. You can limit within > sudoers which programs such a passwordless user can run. > > Basically, by encoding passwords inside scripts you are circumventing > security policies. > > If you are really determined that the password should be stored in a > script for some reason, then you may be able to get around unix > security by piping a password to some program or by reconfiguring the > tty (which is the component in unix that is prompting you for a > password) such that it would take the password as a form of input > other than from an interactive prompt. A few days ago I saw in a book > on shell scripting how to redirect tty, but I don't have it to hand > now, and can't remember the details. > > Once you have your circumvention working from a command line > (terminal), you should be able to pass that circumvention to shell() > within a livecode script. > > I know that I have had to various forms of programmatic backflips to > "work within" unix security policies. I would focus on the problem as > a unix command line problem first. Then take that solution within > LiveCode. If it can run from a .sh script, then you are most of the > way to your solution. > > I would really research the issues around unix security and sudo, su, > ssh thoroughly to understand the implications of what you are doing, > and the potential holes you open up. If you are wishing to su to root > programmatically, then unix is going to try and stop you doing that. > > Bernard > > On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Peter Alcibiades > <palcibiades-fi...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > Bernard, many thanks, yes, that works. Can I ask one more question, how > then > > would you get the shell to interact, like if you do su and want to get > the > > password in, and then run a script that requires root password? Or maybe > > all that has to be done in shell? > > > > Peter > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
