[Gambas-user] Executing commands as root

[Steven revimmo]

I used this :
      SHELL "kdesu " & Chr(34) & "/usr/sbin/lpadmin -p request_ps -v
'pipe:/bin/cat - > " & User.Home & "/request/work/tempfile.ps' -m
PostscriptColor.ppd -E" & Chr(34) WAIT

(to install a printer)

cheers,
steven


Le mercredi 05 août 2009 à 17:07 +0200, Stefano Palmeri a écrit :

> Il mercoledì 5 agosto 2009 15:45:24 David Villalobos Cambronero ha scritto:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Time ago, someone asked about executing commands as root and pass the root
> > password to SHELL, does anybody remember the solution?
> >
> >  Regards
> >
> >
> > --
> > David
> >
> >
> 
> He was me. My error was I opened the shell process 
> FOR READ WRITE instead of INPUT OUTPUT. 
> I attache a little example so it will be clear howto.
> The example is a form with a textbox. You type
> the root password and confirm and you execute
> cat /etc/sudoers as root (you'll see the output on Gambas
> console). It's just an example, you can try any other root command.
> Other solutions includes using gtksu or kdesu, but this way you
> depend on desktop.
> 
> Ciao,
> 
> Stefano
> 
> >
> >
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