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Name: Deon
Date: June 23, 2008 at 03:57:22 Pacific
Subject: Switch User
OS: AIX 5.3
CPU/Ram: 2GHZ 2GB
Model/Manufacturer: DELL

Comment:

Hi
I want to run the follwing as root
su - root <<EOF
/usr/local/bin/startwms
EOF
It keeps on asking for password for root. How kan I include the password in the script.
Thanks

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Name: nails
Date: June 23, 2008 at 08:29:12 Pacific
Subject: Switch User

Reply: (edit)

A common method is using "expect". Take a look at this link:
http://www.computing.net/answers/un...

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