RE: [Perl-beginners] Perl script to switch user to root.

From: Remko Lodder (remko_at_elvandar.org)
Date: 03/04/04 

To: "Silky Manwani" <silkym@mac.com>, <beginners@perl.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 19:08:09 +0100

perhaps you should let the script do something like SUDO,
and permit it to run a single command, or limited commandset
of root operations, even without password, (you dont want that actually
but since sudo can log stuff, it might be what you aim for)

Cheers 

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[mailto:perl-beginners-bounces@lists.elvandar.org]Namens Silky Manwani
Verzonden: donderdag 4 maart 2004 19:03
Aan: beginners@perl.org
Onderwerp: [Perl-beginners] Perl script to switch user to root.
Hello,
I want to write a perl script to switch user (to root). The problem is
that since it asks for the password, I am not sure how I would pass it
thru the script. I know I can run the "su root" with the system command
in perl, but how do I take care of passing the password.
Thanks.
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