On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Mark Finlay wrote:
> I'm trying to write a script that will use su
> to switch to root and then run a program
> without prompting the user for the root password.
> So fat no matter what i try it pauses the script
> prompts for a password.
I suspect really what you want is
* sudo (allow listed users to do certain things with root priviledges
or
* create a group called "sometask" and give the necessary permissions to the
files and devices to members of "sometask". Then add the users who need to
accomplish that task to that group. Then they'll be able to do it. This
is how many admins allow users to eg play audio tracks, burn cds etc.
Gavin
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