sudo commands.

[jxfish2]

I need some help!

I can run a sudo command from the command line without issue... This command line contains a dynamically substituted email address...

sudo /tmp/helpme johndoe@johndoe.com

However, if I try to call the same exact command from within a script, I lose the value of this email address... The new value defaults to /dev/null...

I've tried enclosing the 2nd and 3rd pieces of the command in single "'"s and double '"'s...

I've tried negating the blank space, by placing a backslash "\" in front of it...

None of these things seem to work...

Remember, the command works properly, and initializes the destination email address, if called from the command line, but not when called from within a script...

If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them.

JCF

 

[sunixadm]

Hi,

Which shell are you using.

Are you setting all of the pertinent environment variables in your script that are set in your interactive shell?

-Joe

 

[columb]

What do you get when you use

ksh -xv myscript

That usually provides a few pointers

Columb Healy

 

[ericbrunson]

Cut and paste the actual lines of the script, please.