Is there a non-interactive way to change a user's passwd short of using expect? I'm using Debian.If not, then I guess I need to get this expect script working:
Code:
#!/usr/local/bin/expect -f
set username $env(UNAME)
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This is an old question asked many times, which, however, is NEVER answered directly in any manual I've checked. So...I'm writing a bash install script (instead of a rpm or .deb package) that must be run by a normal user. change to superuser (asking for password and receiving it) and the rest of the script to be executed in the superuser mode in order to install what I mean to install.I know how `sudo ...` or `su `root"..."` or `gnome-terminal -e ...` can achieve this purpose by creating certain batch files and then give them as argument to these commands. That's NOT what I'm asking, however.I want to know how I can make the script interactively switch to superuser mode and go on running the rest of the script (can be a lot of code) in that mode. I don't mind if it oens a separate terminal window to do that; just how can that be achieved?
View 8 Replies View RelatedBefore you say you shouldn't do that bla bla bla. I know why i shouldn't.
However i have a problem with running sudo commands from a non interactive command line script run using plink.
The automated script needs to use chown and give the current user ownership of some files and folders created by another user.
I can't use things like sudo -s etc as it requires that i enter a password.
I have setup public key authorization in order to login. Do i have to give the root user a password and log in as that. I would prefer not doing this but if that is the only solution i guess i'll have too.
I have a situation where I am in a non-interactive shell. I have tried from within my non-interative shell to spawn an interactive shell but my output still does not goto me. Isn't there a way I can somehow go into /proc or somwhere and make the output my /dev/tty1? Or some way else to remedy this?The situation arises because I drop from my restricted shell environment (a sort of CLI interface), into the actual Linux shell. I cannot change the code of the CLI environment I am just faced with being in the linux shell environment and its non-interactive. Its very annoying to have to put > /dev/tty1 after every command I type.
Not to mention it seems damn near impossible to get pagers like more and less to work properly when your in a non-interactive shell.
how can I make my sh interactive by default. That I don't have to always type --interactive everytime I log in. I want it to be always interactive. #2- how also do I turn of --posix mode parmanently ? Is there a line I need to drop somewhere or what do i do.
View 4 Replies View RelatedPossible Duplicate:Forward SSH traffic through a middle machine.I am looking to get an interactive ssh session on a remote machine, but must login via a gateway.For example, right now I do the following:
@local % ssh <user>@<gateway>
@gateway % ssh <user>@<remote>
Is it possible to achieve the same thing in a single command from my local machine? I have tried:
@local % ssh <user>@<gateway> 'ssh <user>@<remote>`
From the output i am indeed able to login, but do not get an interactive session. I took inspiration for this attempt from using ssh to run a command remotely.
In interactive mode (in Octave, gnuplot, R, etc.) I occasionally press Control + z by mistake. This pauses the program and kicks me back to the terminal.Is it possible to re-enter the original interactive mode (with all the stored variables)?
To reproduce:
~> octave
octave:1> a = [1:10];
octave:2> ^Z
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How can I recover my session with the variable a defined?
How can I disable the interactive boot up process? Also what is the pros and cons to doing this? Will this affect my being able to get to runlevel 1?
I have been googling it but not really clear on the pros/cons etc.
I am talking about a server class machine that is in a locked room, not a desktop.
I know it can be turned off in /etc/sysconfig/init # Set to anything other than 'no' to allow hotkey interactive startup... PROMPT=yes
I am trying to assign a user account on RHEL5 Server a non-interactive login but I am not sure if this is the correct command: useradd useraccount -s /sbin/nologinAfter I issue this command, I try to log in with this account and it says the "Administrator has disabled this account" when I enter the password. Does any one know if the command above is correct?
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI am trying to figure out why top run in batch mode outputs so many more lines than when run in interactive mode. For example:
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My execution environment is Linux steamboy 2.6.31-21-generic-pae #59-Ubuntu SMP.If I log in and run a program, the program works properly. The program is a shell script, which executes an environment file, so that path and library settings point correctly.If I have cron run the same program as the same user who logged in, one of the libraries cannot be found. I have sourced .bashrc and the same environment setting file, even though .bashrc executes the same environment file . /home/amr/bin/informix_env.sh
View 1 Replies View RelatedIf I have an interactive program, e.g top, which, after launch, can be fed with key strokes and changes its behavior, for example, after launching top and then pressing "1", you can see the CPU utilization per core. I was wondering if there is a programmatical way to do so, so I don't have to press "1" every time. I would think it is an easy task, but so far my attempts have failed.
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I used tee command, Precess1 | tee -a FileName
This write only the Question asked by the process. Does anybody know how to write the user inputs also to the same file, synchronized?
I have OpenSSH_5.5p1 on my Fedora 10.I generated a key pairs using ssh-keygen and added the pub key to the remote machine that I wanted to connect. When I try to sshing, I am getting : Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive).When I try to connect to the machine itself also getting the same error.
sshd_conf :
Protocol 2
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
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Got 3 computers connected by ethernet to a router modem. At this router modem only port 80 is forwarded to a web server (one of the 3 computers). Now I realized several times a port scanning attack displayed at interactive firewall of Webserver ( Apache at Mandriva LINUX ). Actually the message is port scanning attempt of heanet (actually this names are different mostly). I wonder how to figure out is this portscanning attack possible through port 80 or is the modemrouter (Draytek VIGOR) misconfigured, compromised or one of the other 2 machines (Windows) are compromised and attacking the server inside intranet?
View 2 Replies View RelatedRecently i've upgraded my fedora 11 to 12 using the preupgrade command and now I have a problem booting! when i start the interactive boot it hangs after trying to run the service local, it looks as if its trying to boot because the cursor blinks really fast then blinks normally after a few seconds. no error was stated during the event. what seems to be the problem here?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI am an absolute Linux Beginner who is being required to do a bit of admin work because the boss just fired the old linux admin. Unfortunately, one of our employees cannot remember her password to her email account and as such I need to reset it on our linux server.What I want to check is that this email account is actually a linux user account and I simply will reset the password for it using the passwd command from the root login. Is that correct?
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View 1 Replies View Relatedbrand new 2 Ubantu & set up standard Ubantu compartment accessed via 1 user name only and password. 1st few times all good but now suddenly, unexpectedly password declared invalid. Had written down password so it is correct & not entry error. Not know how to reset password or bypass 'username/password log on screen' Am on an Acer 5542G with windows 7 home premium.
View 3 Replies View RelatedIs there a way to change password to value same as the previous password? I know this is a security flaw, but would like to know however. when I try this:
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i forgot root password and how to change the password
View 3 Replies View RelatedPosting from Splashtop as i can't get past keytouch-apid in the boot process,Yeah me bad so i would like to disable it so i can complete the process.Using the interactive startup seemed the way to go but how does one get there before udev starts up?Or is there something else i could try.
View 2 Replies View RelatedMy problem is: One of my services has failed to start. All I need is just go into interactive startup and ignore that service. The system is encrypted as LUKS. I press 'i' before and after entering the phrase (it asked me "Password for filesystem"). But interactive startup seems not working. All the services go to start without my permission. I mean there is no question such as "Start XXX [Y/N]?"
In the past I used CentOS for some months, and interactive startup (by pressing 'i' on boot time) was fine. I could allow or not what service should be started.
I have googled and found these:
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I need to run a script that prompts the user for some input and takes action based on that input. It must run at the end of the login process, after the desktop is displayed.I tried putting it in ~/.bash_login, but it didn't run. Do I need to tell /etc/profile to run ~/.bash_login? I thought it looked for it & ran it if it was found.
A related question would be - Can I make it so the terminal session that is running the script be the only thing that the user can do? In other words, they can't click on anything on the desktop or in the panels and have it run until after they respond to the input request.
The interactive map on weather.com no longer works for me in Firefox. I'm just looking for some feedback from other users if they can see the map or not. I'm using Lucid with current updates.
View 3 Replies View RelatedI need an non-interactive, symetric, passphrase mechanism that can be used on machines beyond my sys-admin control. Currently, I use the Python code (with variants):
Stat, Output = commands.getstatusoutput(
"gpg -c --passphrase=%s '%s'"%(Password, TarFileName))
to encrypt and decrypt files (tar balls). The "Password" is generated by a Python code on a singular removable flash drive. It worked with FC11 and Windows, but with FC13 I get an interactive dialog, which gets canceled, and then: can't connect to `/home/{a user id}/.gnupg/S.gpg-agent': No such file or directory
gpg-agent[3432]: command get_passphrase failed: Operation cancelled
gpg: cancelled by user
gpg: error creating passphrase: Operation cancelled
gpg: symmetric encryption of `testdata' failed: Operation cancelled
The operator does not know the pass phrase. This is a single user mechanism which relies upon the mounting of the special flash drive to work. The application is portable across many platforms and hosts, but can only be used by the possessor of the flash drive.
can provide recommendations on any projects that can fully automate the install process of an interactive application. I am doing installs of applications such as websense and they are all interactive. I would like to automate all interactive installs in my environment. I did find the following: [URL]
View 1 Replies View RelatedI'm writing a bash script that can be run by crontab or by a user interactively.
If the script is run by a user interactively, it will ask for a parameter interactively.
If the script is run by the crontab, it validates if a command line parameter is provided.
In doing so, I cannot get these tests to work inside the bash script
Code:
This shell is not interactive
How the tests be done inside a script?