I have the script below that I want to run when my sister logs into her account. But the problem is that `ifconfig up` or `ifconfig down` requires root privileges. How do I initiate the program when she logs in and have root the the runner of the program.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
while true
do
elevenpm=`date +%s --date "2300"`
[code]....
I'm using ubuntu 9.04 at the moment and have added a program that requires my login to have root privileges, how do i set these up
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#!/bin/sh
# First it tries to download a "shutdown.txt" file, that is created via PHP when I send the command.
wget http://www.mydomain.com/shutdown.txt
[code]....
#If he finds it, he accesses the server where the shutdown.txt is located via FTP, delete it, delete the shutdown.txt that was downloaded, and then shuts the PC down
else
ftp -n ftp.mydomain.com <<END_SCRIPT
quote USER xxxxxxx
quote PASS xxxxxx
[code]....
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Code:
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The timing was simply a test run. My syslog gives the following error:
Code:
(CRON) error (grandchild #4309 failed with exit status 62).
I also tried to add to root crontab as below, but got the same error.
Code:
sudo crontab -u root -e a
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Code:
Since I have MythTV installed and there was a similar bug, I tried the following solution without any success: [url].
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[URL]
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or
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This is my sudoers
Code:
# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
[Code].....
Every time I try to run SSID.sh it prompts me for the goddamn root password.
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This is my "script"
Code:
sudo cp /home/nertskull/Documents/xorg.conf_TV /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Then I read a lot of places that said to add this to the sudoers file (sudo visudo)
Code:
nertskull ALL = NOPASSWD: /home/nertskull/Documents/switch_TV.sh
I've done all that, and I still get asked for my password when I run that file.
nertskull ALL = ...
%nertskull ALL = ...
%users ALL = ...
%admin ALL = ...
I'm sure it's something simple I'm overlooking, but I've read 5 different threads on this, and I can't find anything they did that I'm not doing. Also, here is my sudoers file, because I know location within the file matters. But what I read said I should be putting my stuff at the end.
Code:
# /etc/sudoers
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
[code]....
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