Re: sudo in script -- automate with password

On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, J. Dex wrote:

> I have got a database script that mid-way through the script it needs to log
> in as sudo and run a process. The problem is the sudo password. I can't
> figure out a way to put it in the script instead of manually having to enter
> it. Pulling the password from a password file doesn't seem to work either.
> Has anyone else found a solution to this or needed to do this? The OS is
> AIX and it is Oracle 9202. Is there a special syntax that needs to be used?
>

man sudo on my machine here (BSD) has a -S option to read from stdin instead of the terminal. You could pop it into a file and redirect I assume....haven't actually tried it myself

HTH Jeff Herrick

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