On 05/07/2009, at 10:17, Sandeep Bhaskar wrote: > > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 6:02 PM, monipol <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 04/07/2009, at 21:44, Sandeep Bhaskar wrote: >> >>> We were able to create user and rectify problems in gnowsys.info >>> file. >>> But >>> we are facing an issue in running a shell script. This script >>> needs to be >>> executed from the user postgres(postgresql user). The command >>> within shell >>> is like: >>> >>> su postgres -c ./gnowsys-pg-install.sh >>> >>> This line throws an error as Access Denied. Can you please suggest >>> some >>> way >>> that we can switch to postgres user and execute the shell. >>> >>> This is the only remaining issue and hope to hear a quick response >>> to the >>> same. >>> >> Please provide more information: >> >> * What Fink command were you running when you got that error? >> * Is the passwd package a build dependency of your package? >> * Where exactly are you issuing that su command (CompileScript, >> InstallScript, PostInstScript, ...)?
> > Please find the additional information you requested for. Please do > let me > know if anything more is required. > > * What Fink command were you running when you got that error? > *fink -m -K --build-as-nobody rebuild gnowsys > * > * Is the passwd package a build dependency of your package? > *The user creation issue we have already sorted out. Right now, our > only > issue is in using of su command. > > * * Where exactly are you issuing that su command (CompileScript, > InstallScript, PostInstScript, ...)? > *The InstallScript section within gnowsys.info file contains: > > *InstallScript: << > sh install.sh %i %b %d %p > <<* > > The command su postgres -c ./gnowsys-pg-install.sh* *is called from > within > this install.sh and not directly from within the .info file. fink --build-as-nobody runs as the user nobody which doesn't have su privileges, hence the Access Denied message. Would it be possible to move that su postgres -c ... command to PreInstScript or PostInstScript? Is it really necessary at Fink build time or can it be executed only when some user runs fink install gnowsys? The Packaging Manual has information on PreInstScript and PostInstScript: http://www.finkproject.org/doc/packaging/reference.php -- monipol http://finkers.wordpress.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel
