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<P><FONT SIZE=2>If you control the script, why do you need different parts of it to run at different privilege levels? Instead access-protect it, limit who can launch it, and have them launch it '$ sudo <my_script>' if necessary. (I do this, so I would be happy to know if it's not smart!!)<BR>
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- JMM<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: ale-bounces@ale.org on behalf of Jim Kinney<BR>
Sent: Mon 6/8/2009 10:18 AM<BR>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!<BR>
Subject: [ale] bash script with su<BR>
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I have bash script that does a gazillion things. EXCEPT two of the<BR>
"su" lines don't do anything.<BR>
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user batadm and postgres are created (correctly - they works) followed by:<BR>
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echo 'export PGHOME=/usr/local/postgresql<BR>
export PGDATA=/data/pgdata<BR>
export PATH=$PGHOME/bin:$PATH<BR>
' >> /home/postgres/.bashrc<BR>
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which should set the path to the custom postgresql binaries<BR>
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now run<BR>
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su -l -c "initdb && pg_ctl start && createlang plpgsql template1 &&<BR>
createdb batadm && createuser -s batadm " postgres >>$log 2>&1<BR>
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where $log is a file defined earlier for install data capture. At this<BR>
point it shows an execute of initdb and then nothing.<BR>
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Does the -c "stuff" just refuse to run sequential comands? I did the<BR>
manual su -l batadm and ran the same command sequence successfully<BR>
after totally deleting all the initdb files structure in postgresql.<BR>
So the stuff inside the quotes works. $PATH _should_ be updated for<BR>
the postgres user by the su -l .<BR>
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The same type of "nothing happens" error occurs later when the batadm<BR>
user is called to do a series of new sql script inits for the new<BR>
batadm database. Run manually, the process is fine. Run in a su -l<BR>
sequence of &&'ed calls it fails and generates no error message.<BR>
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Ideas?<BR>
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James P. Kinney III<BR>
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