On 04/29/2014 10:21 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:20 PM, ToddAndMargo <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi All,
I have a bash script that need to be run as root.
In the script, I check to see if it is running as
root and flag the user to run appropriately.
Is there a way to use "su" to prompt for the password
and continue the script if successful? (I would test for
$? after the prompt.)
Is there any reason not to use "sudo", which has more sophisticated
options and can better manage providing root privileges, with or
without password authentication, for specific tools?
I want the user to either already be root or to
be prompted for the root password.
I really don't like sudo.
Currently "su" will just open a new shell as root.
I can run a command inside "su", but what about the
other 200 lines of code? :'(
Many thanks,
-T
Put the code that must run as root in one file, which is *run* by a
wrapper tool or wrapper script.
It all has to be run as root.
I like the call myself option with "su"
-T
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