> On 1/12/06 1:25 PM, Bryan Harris deftly typed out: > >> I was surprised to learn that sudo will allow you to pipe the password to it >> (though you do have to use the -S switch). >> >> Surprisingly, however, this script quits *my* database daemon and not hers! >> I tried it several times, even when I "su <her username>" and run the >> osascript as her, it still quits my daemon and leaves hers running! Only if >> I physically switch over to her user account (i.e. fast user switch) does >> that command quit her daemon. >> >> Now I'm really perplexed... > > That *is* interesting. It sounds like a security bug to me. Her user should > not be able to quit one of your processes without first elevating her > privileges. > > I think I remember that AppleScript requires that an account be logged into > the console (needs the WindowServer running or something). That may explain > why it quits *your* daemon...because whatever parent process AppleScript > needs, it is not running in her context. > > Maybe you'll just have to be less nice and 'kill' it.
Is there any chance that "kill"ing the daemon while it's writing to the database would leave the database in a partially written, i.e. damaged, state? I guess only MS would know that, and the chances of getting an answer directly from them is probably not good... - B -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
