Re: Maybe Off Topic -- OS X/UNIX Shell Scripts?
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texte = I'm not sure how setting up a crontab would help me here? Color me slow. : c)Thanks, On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 01:30 PM, Clint Davis wrote:> I was able to get around this problem by setting up a crontab that > runs as > the root user. Get Cronnix from Version Tracker. > > > On 3/5/03 3:17 PM, Marc Kaiwi
wrote: > >> I want to call [Shell] some_script .sh[/Shell] to analyze some log >> files that require an sudo to access them in their restricted >> directories. Can I do this automatically in my shell script? ... in >> other words for example I have a script which does a tail on a log >> file >> but (in my shell) I would have to manually enter a password to >> continue: sudo tail -F somelogfile.log <-- asks for a password and >> then >> continues on. >> Can I pass a password to this function without any user interaction?Signed: Marc Kaiwi ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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I'm not sure how setting up a crontab would help me here? Color me slow. : c)Thanks, On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 01:30 PM, Clint Davis wrote:> I was able to get around this problem by setting up a crontab that > runs as > the root user. Get Cronnix from Version Tracker. > > > On 3/5/03 3:17 PM, Marc Kaiwi wrote: > >> I want to call [shell] some_script .sh[/Shell] to analyze some log >> files that require an sudo to access them in their restricted >> directories. Can I do this automatically in my shell script? ... in >> other words for example I have a script which does a tail on a log >> file >> but (in my shell) I would have to manually enter a password to >> continue: sudo tail -F somelogfile.log <-- asks for a password and >> then >> continues on. >> Can I pass a password to this function without any user interaction?Signed: Marc Kaiwi ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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