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Thomas
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« on: February 09, 2011, 08:04:51 AM »
I am trying to create a program to do certain things, which require root permissions.  So, I am trying to create a PCPERFORM string to log in as root (su) and execute the command.

Is there a way this could be done?
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« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2011, 02:53:23 PM »
Been a while since I tried that.  Can you echo the password, pipe it into su followed by the command?
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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2011, 10:39:43 AM »
sudo may give you the kind of control you want.  You can give the non-root user the permission to run the command, and can even have it not prompt for password.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2011, 10:58:56 AM »
Ah yes, sudo.  Good call!
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« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2011, 12:00:37 PM »
Mike Perzl has rpms for aix here.

http://www.perzl.org/aix/index.php?n=Main.Sudo
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2011, 09:24:17 AM »
Thank you so much for your prompt reply.  Sorry for my late reply, but I've been quite busy lately and haven't had a chance to check in.
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