Re: Kicking off script as another user

• To: Joanna Green
• Subject: Re: Kicking off script as another user
• From: Steve Emmerson [mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
• Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 14:00:18 -0600

sudo would be another option, that's what we do.



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Joanna,

>Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:28:13 -0700
>From: Steve Emmerson <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Joanna Green" <Joanna.Green@xxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Kicking off script as another user 

The above message contained the following:

> If you set it up, you could use rsh(1) to execute a command as a
> cooperating user.

You could also use the far-more-secure ssh(1) utility -- although the
setup for this is, probably, slightly more complex.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson   <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>