Shell commands as root

[Dustpuppy]

I'd like to be able to re-start my network automatically in 10OE at KDE startup (there's something wrong with my network card and it won't work otherwise!). I've tried putting the (executable) file "network.sh"

#!/bin/bash

 

su

service network stop

service network start

 

into ~/.kde/Autostart and nothing happens. I also just want it to run without having to enter the root password. Is this possible?

 

TIA!

Edited October 19, 2004 by Dustpuppy

[Dustpuppy]

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Any ideas?

[bvc]

this was discussed a few times recently, and I think there was an answer but I don't remember what it was. Have a look in

/etc/profile.d

??

[aru]

I'd like to be able to re-start my network automatically in 10OE at KDE startup (there's something wrong with my network card and it won't work otherwise!). I've tried putting the (executable) file "network.sh"

#!/bin/bash

 

su

service network stop

service network start

 

into ~/.kde/Autostart and nothing happens. I also just want it to run without having to enter the root password. Is this possible?

 

TIA!

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su -c "command 1 && command 2"

 

see "man su". 'su' executes a new shell and once it finishes it returns to its parent shell, so in your script su runs, and ends returning to its caller, hence 'service network ...' calls are from the parent shell not from 'su'

 

btw, don't do it through su (your script can provide root's password automatically each time, for example using 'expect' see its man page, but is trully unsafe) but through permissions and group ids (man chmod) if you trust your users ;)

 

hth

Edited October 23, 2004 by aru