Thanks for the response, Brett! No, I do not have root access or the ability to change the infrastructure I'm working under.
I figured I'd pass the sudo password as an argument to the script. But can it be done? On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:18 AM, B. Estrade <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:17:31AM -0600, lee latham wrote: >> Hi Y'all, >> >> I'm having a surprisingly difficult time automating a terminal >> session, so I thought I'd see if you guys have any thoughts. >> >> I'm in a situation where I need to issue commands in a sudo >> environment. So I've got to authenticate the sudo, issue commands >> after that (this is the part I'm having trouble with), read the output >> of the commands and issue new commands based on that output. So >> basically I need to do like 'sudo bash' and then issue commands in >> that bash session. >> >> I've tried various tricks to no avail, and I'd really rather avoid >> using Expect, as I expect the process to get a little lengthy at >> times. >> >> The main problem, for example, is that if I simply execute `sudo >> dowhatever` via backticks or system, I still need to authenticate, and >> even if I do that then that session is immediately closed. >> >> A similar situation is when using Net::OpenSSH, and I need to, say, >> become a different user on the remote machine and issue commands as >> that user. >> >> I suspect my unix knowledge is inadequate to even properly >> understanding the problem :-) >> >> Any thoughts? Any input would be greatly appreciated! > > Your biggest issue is going to be maintaining security. Sounds like > you either have to store the password somewhere or allow certain > commands to be executed via sudo unencombered via password. > > Do you have root on this box? > > And I hate to give you the typical "Perlish" response, but what > exactly are you trying to do? I would imagine that if you've painted > yourself into a corner where you have to issue sudo in batch process, > there are like better solutions to what you're needing to accomplish. > > Cheers, > Brett > >> >> Best, >> Lee >> _______________________________________________ >> Houston mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston >> Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > > -- > B. Estrade <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Houston mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston > Website: http://houston.pm.org/ > _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
