I think you're right, but my attempts so far making changes (with visudo) haven't been successful.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Will Beazley <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds like a sudo opportunity. > > On 10/23/14, 3:56 PM, Mark Creamer via smartos-discuss wrote: > > I have a script that one of our developers uses to run a backup job from > cron. It uses public key auth to log in to the remote box so it doesn't > prompt for password. > > Now he wants to add a step whereby within the script, it will su to > another user (service account) and run a different command, but of course > it prompts for that user's password. > > How can I allow "su - otheruser" without a password prompt, similar to > how root can always su to another account? > > Thanks, > > -- > Mark > *smartos-discuss* | Archives > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/26368559-ba231e1c> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > > > -- Mark ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
