Hi all,
I have some pipes in my alias file that run some scripts, except, i get error sent to postmaster telling me that I do not have permission to do various things. It appears that the scripts are running as 'me' and not 'root'.
My questions are:
Why are the scripts running as 'me' and not 'root'?
How can i tell which user the scripts will run as?
And how can i run them as root?
What rights/owners/groups should be assigned to the files/dirs?
I am logged into my box with my normal username, then I usually 'su' to carry out any maintenance, edit/run scripts, crontabs. etc.
Regards,
JayBot![[pipe]](/data/assets/smilies/pipe.gif "[pipe] [pipe]")
"Always know what you say, but don't always say what you know!"
I have some pipes in my alias file that run some scripts, except, i get error sent to postmaster telling me that I do not have permission to do various things. It appears that the scripts are running as 'me' and not 'root'.
My questions are:
Why are the scripts running as 'me' and not 'root'?
How can i tell which user the scripts will run as?
And how can i run them as root?
What rights/owners/groups should be assigned to the files/dirs?
I am logged into my box with my normal username, then I usually 'su' to carry out any maintenance, edit/run scripts, crontabs. etc.
Regards,
JayBot
"Always know what you say, but don't always say what you know!"