On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 05:43:58PM -0600, lee latham wrote: > That's awesome, Brett, thanks. I used that in combination with the > last post on my perlmonks question to get the job done:
You are very welcome. > > http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=884031 > > It really is hideous, but it does work :-) I had not been on Perl Monks in ages! I updated my profile to reflect my current info. I am, "perlfan". I need to get back into th habit of visiting the site. :) Brett > > 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/ -- B. Estrade <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ Houston mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/houston Website: http://houston.pm.org/
