That's awesome, Brett, thanks. I used that in combination with the last post on my perlmonks question to get the job done:
http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=884031 It really is hideous, but it does work :-) On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:52 AM, B. Estrade <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:38:49AM -0600, lee latham wrote: >> 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? > > I wrote a test bash script that worked: > > #/bin/sh > sudo -S ls<<END > y0urP@ssword > END > ##-- end of script > > You may need to do a wrapper sudo script and have your actual work in > another script; I don't immediately know if passing a stream of > commands to sudo would necessarily be what you wanted to do: > > #/bin/sh > sudo -S ./realscript.sh<<END # realscript.sh contains the real work > y0urP@ssword > END > ##-- end of script > > I suppose you could simply chmod to 700 or 600 and issue 'sh > ./yoursudoscript.sh' via ssh. Ultimately, the issue protecting your > password. > > Hope that helps.. > > Brett > >> >> 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/ > > -- > 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/
