On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 11:33:10AM +0100, Florian Ernst wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 03:17:37AM +0100, Jan Minar wrote: > >... definitively; but if you really wanted to know how to do it the > >Wrong Way: -- translated in the plain English: Yes, this solves the problem, as stated in the original mail, and no, it's not the Right Way to do it, in fact it's a very braindead approach. But mmmaybe, in some another scenario, this would be useful (although I doubt this). Just I like to stretch the limits of what's possible. It's nice to know what a Debian box is up to ;-) > Hmmm, I guess the OP's intentions are as follows: > - start from the root prompt > - execute a script as a different user > - end at the root prompt Yes, sudo/su is the way to go here, as was correctly written, already. Cheers, Jan. -- Jan Minar "Please don't CC me, I'm subscribed." x 9
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