Run shell script as root automatically

elempoimen · 12-11-2004, 12:10 PM

I have a shell script (for hibernation) which I would like to run as root automatically, without any user intervention (e.g. entering a password for su or sudo). Is there a way to do this without making everything called in the script setuid?

slackie1000 · 12-11-2004, 12:21 PM

hi there,

i don't get it.
you can put in sudoers file the option without password.
after that, you call your script..

Code:

sudo ./whatever

and no user intervention.
this is what you are looking for?
if not, sorry! my misunderstand...

regards

slackie1000

elempoimen · 12-11-2004, 01:50 PM

That's exactly what I need. Thank you.

Now, can you give me an example? I did RTFM, but had no luck getting what I wanted.

what I want is for user "bob" to be able to run command "/bin/tos4" as root without needing a password. Here's what I came up with:

bob ALL=NOPASSWD: /bin/tos4

Now, obviously that's not working...unless I somehow need to reparse the sudoers file. I could open it up for any command easily enough, but I really don't want to do that.

elempoimen · 12-11-2004, 11:38 PM

just a little bump

slackie1000 · 12-12-2004, 09:33 AM

hi there,

good that helped!!
just a tip: if you use the command

Code:

visudo

the file will be automatically parsed.
now, concerning your problem. i think, something like that should work:

Code:

bob ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:/bin/whatever

i didn't check. should work!

regards

slackie1000

elempoimen · 12-12-2004, 08:20 PM

BINGO! Thanks, slackie1000! That got it! (Now I just have to remember to type 'sudo' before the command...I keep forgetting that)

slackie1000 · 12-13-2004, 01:58 AM

hi there,

welcome mate!!
it is possible also to solve this problem.
you can create an alias. let's suppose that your script name is dummy.
something like that will do the trick.

Code:

alias sdummy 'sudo /PATH/dummy'

now, you don't need to remember. the script name is 'sdummy'.

regards

slackie1000

elempoimen · 12-13-2004, 02:24 AM

Great! Thank you! I didn't get how aliases worked...this is cool!

Hey, I have another post in the hardware forum related to this same script. Would you take a look at it and see if you have any idea what I should do?

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=265254

Thanks!

gerhardt · 06-20-2010, 01:24 AM

thanks , it works for me