topic Re: .profile and su - issues in Operating System - HP-UX

.profile and su - issues

KPS — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:49:08 GMT

When I su - another user, I'm getting the following message when I become that message:

${HOME:-.}/.profile[55]: syntax error: `newline or ;' unexpected

The su - does work however, despite that message.

On line [55] of the appuser .profile we have the following:

set -A whoAmI $(who am i)

whoAmI gets associated to values later in the .profile in case you needed to know.

Would anyone have any ideas why we're getting the above message?

Re: .profile and su - issues

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:58:50 GMT

Ken:

In isolation, there doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the 'set' statement. Post your complete profile. I suspect that your error lies above line-55.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: .profile and su - issues

Devender Khatana — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:59:51 GMT

Hi,

Change the line to

set -A whoAmI $(whoami)

Or

set whoAmI $(whoami)

If problem persists attach .profile.

HTH,
Devender

Re: .profile and su - issues

KPS — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:14:27 GMT

Tried both and neither worked. I just recently added the part of the .profile that talks about Shadowing users and onward today to implement some logging for users that become this

Re: .profile and su - issues

James R. Ferguson — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:26:18 GMT

Hi Ken:

I believe that the comment on the line-58 spills onto a new line rather than continuing to the end. Change that and try.

Regards!

...JRF...

Re: .profile and su - issues

KPS — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:36:59 GMT

That was it. Thanks very much everyone..

Re: .profile and su - issues

KPS — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:37:48 GMT

Re: .profile and su - issues

Roland Piette — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:09:12 GMT

Hi Ken

I understand that for reading it is more fun to have you case line (line-58) in two lines.

If you would keep it try to insert a \ (backslack) before the new line char.

case ${whoAmI[0]} in \
cpcmep|cpcfop|cpcolp|devwm|tstwm|trnwm|root) : ;; # Nothing for us to do

Regards
Roland