using sudo in an if condition 1

[philipose]

Hi Gurus,
Does anyone know to use a sudo in an if condition ? Can you tell me if the first one will work or the second one. What happens if there are multiple lines in the if condition ??
Thanks a lot

sudo -u auser if [[ ! -d "mappedfolder/subfolder" ]]; then
sudo -u auser echo "mappedfolder is not mapped for user"
sudo -u auser fi

sudo -u auser if [[ ! -d "mappedfolder/subfolder" ]]; then
echo "mappedfolder is not mapped for user"
fi

 

[philipose]

or should it be

if [[ sudo -u auser ! -d "mappedfolder/subfolder" ]]; then
echo "mappedfolder is not mapped for user"
fi

 

[RodKnowlton]

sudo can only launch commands, not shell tests or scraps of code. This is for security purposes.

You'll need two scripts to do what you want:

# script1

if [[ ! -d "mappedfolder/subfolder" ]]
then
   echo "mapped folder is not mapped for user"
fi

# script2

sudo -u auser /full/path/to/script1

- Rod


IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert pSeries and AIX 5L
CompTIA Linux+
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[philipose]

Rod, Great to know that. Thanks very much