Need to run shell script as root

kaloyer · 06-26-2004, 12:26 PM

OK, I need a shell script to run as root, but I can't get commands to pass over from the regular user to root. I did the su, but the script doesn't finish until root exits. Does anyone know a workaround?

kaloyer · 06-26-2004, 12:33 PM

I have a solution now, but I was wondering if anyone has anything better. I can do

Code:

su -c "sh newscript"

but i want this to be one file. Any ideas?

keefaz · 06-26-2004, 12:42 PM

You can add at top of script
if [ `id -u` != 0 ]; then exec su -c "sh $0"; fi

kaloyer · 06-26-2004, 05:22 PM

hey thancks! that fixed the whole thing.

Eran · 06-27-2004, 09:01 AM

You can also try the 'sudo' command.