Dave Anselmi wrote: % "R. Quenett" wrote: % % > from Alan Jackson: % > % > " Here is a script I use... % > % > " su root -c "make install UNINST=1" % > % > Right here, mine prompts me for my root password. Obviously, yours % > doesn't. I wonder what the difference is, I recall trying -c... % > hmmm. I will try it again. Thanks.
[...] You could have a look at the sudo command. "expect" is another way to do this. Kurt -- Ginsburg's Law: At the precise moment you take off your shoe in a shoe store, your big toe will pop out of your sock to see what's going on. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users