shell() and sudo
Alex Rice
alrice at ARCplanning.com
Mon May 12 12:03:51 EDT 2003
On Monday, May 12, 2003, at 01:36 AM, Rolf Kocherhans wrote:
> How can I make the shell() function work when the shell asks for a
> password ?
>
> I can do everything what I want with shell(), but I have not figured
> out how I can answer to a request of entering a Password !
>
> Anyone got a clue...
Not tested, but probably "open process" is what you need
open process "/bin/sh" for update
Then you could read and write from the shell process.
write "sudo myApp" & linefeed to process
read from process
write tPasswd & linefeed to process
Alex Rice, Software Developer
Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
alrice at ARCplanning.com
alrice at swcp.com
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