From: Green, Simon (SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM)
Date: Fri Oct 25 2002 - 13:10:45 EDT
No problem with it as far as I'm concerned; it's a good tool. The
original poster was looking for alternatives; perhaps because sudo
does a lot more than he wants.
Simon Green
Philip Morris ITSC Europe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jolet, John [mailto:John.Jolet@MISYSHEALTHCARE.COM]
> Sent: 25 October 2002 17:42
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: su - username passwd
>
>
> what's the hangup with using sudo?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Green, Simon [mailto:SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM]
> Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:34 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: su - username passwd
>
>
> The danger with expect is that you've got to supply a password from
> somewhere.
>
> I've come across a Perl module that will do this in a
> supposedly secure
> fashion. I think the source is supplied with PSSP, but I
> don't know any
> more about it than that.
>
> Simon Green
> Philip Morris ITSC Europe
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jolet, John [mailto:John.Jolet@MISYSHEALTHCARE.COM]
> > Sent: 25 October 2002 17:14
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: Re: su - username passwd
> >
> >
> > maybe expect.....
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gene Sais [mailto:Gsais@CO.PALM-BEACH.FL.US]
> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:01 AM
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: su - username passwd
> >
> >
> > Is sudo the only way for a non-root user to su w/out being
> > prompted for a
> > password? For example, from oracle user account, I want to
> > su - appuser and
> > somehow pass in the passwd. Any ideas, suggestions?
>
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