orientdb.sh fails on mac OSX due to “su -c”; newbie
*OrientDB release? (If you're using a SNAPSHOT please attach also the
build number found in "build.number" file):*
orient-community-1.7-rc1
*my machine:*
imac running osx 10.9.1
*What steps will reproduce the problem?*
1. install and unzip orientdb
2. change user setting in config
added the following line to orientdb-server-config.xml
<*user* resources="*" password="password" name="user"/>
3. chmod 777 ./bin/ *.sh
4. ./orientdb.sh start
*What is the expected output? *
orientdb startup sequence
*What do you see instead?*
Starting OrientDB server daemon...
su: illegal option -- c
usage: su [-] [-flm] [login [args]]
*This seems to be the line in the script that fails ...*
su -c "cd \"$ORIENTDB_DIR/bin\"; /usr/bin/nohup ./server.sh
1>../log/orientdb.log 2>../log/orientdb.err &" - $ORIENTDB_USER
Below is some excerpts from the man page for “su” on Mac osx. It does seem
to me that the os does not allow “su -c”. It looks to me like the “-c” has
to come AFTER a valid username (that you are logging in as).
SU(1) BSD General Commands Manual
SU(1)
NAME
su -- substitute user identity
SYNOPSIS
su [-] [-flm] [login [args]]
DESCRIPTION
If the optional args are provided on the command line, they are passed
to the login shell of the target login. Note that all
command line arguments before the target login name are processed by
su itself, everything after the target login name gets
passed to the login shell.
EXAMPLES
su man -c catman
Runs the command catman as user man. You will be asked for
man's password unless your real UID is 0.
su man -c 'catman /usr/share/man /usr/local/man'
Same as above, but the target command consists of more than a
single word and hence is quoted for use with the -c
option being passed to the shell. (Most shells expect the
argument to -c to be a single word).
BSD September 13, 2006
BSD
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My Questions
1. How can I fix this problem, or work around it?
2. Is this same problem likely to show up in other scripts that are
provided with the install? Where else am I going to need to fix this?
3. How can this problem exist after so many years and so many users? I must
be doing something wrong. I know that others are using osx.
Thanks for any help,
Don
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