SWITCHING USERS WITHIN A SCRIPT

[hubud]

I need to switch users in a script in order to gain access to a server outside a firewall. User1 calls scripts owned by User2.
User2 is able to run commands outside firewall but User1 can't, so when user1 calls the script authorisation denied occurs.
I have tried:

sudo su - user2<<-EOF
user2password

but it still asks for the password when the file runs. Is there any way around this.

cheers

simmo

 

[grega]

You could set the setuid bit on the script file, which effectively make the script run as it's owner. Read the man pages on chmod and setuid for more info.

Greg.

 

[PHV]

grega, setuid bit don't work with shell scripts.
hubud, you may have to consider script.

Hope This Help
PH.