problem whit su

[Jose Ramirez_6]

Hi.

I have a problem whit su, when i execute:
su - amass "ll" the system request
Mot de passe :
requestTERM = (hp)

is posible what the system don't request that?
i think that if include this line in the cron don't execute correct.

thank you for help me.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

You need to drop the "-" from the su command. You do not want to source .profile because it contains commands that assumes you have a terminal (stty, tabs, ...). Use su without the "-" and set your environment variables inside your cron script.

[Vincent Farrugia]

Hello,

If you are root, then su does not require to enter the password for the user amass.

But if you are not root, I'm afraid you have the enter the password.

HTH,
Vince

[Hai Nguyen_1]

Comment out the following line in ~amass/.login:

# eval `tset -s -Q -m ':?hp' `

Then you can run you su command. The original eval command in .login is not really needed most of the times.

Hai

[Fragon]

Try "su amass"!
If you still must use "su - amass" , I think there must be some conflict in $HOME/.profile. You can comment out certain lines to have a test.

live as you wish
ux

[Wodisch_1]

Hi,

put that line with "tset" or "ttytype" into an "if-then" statement:

if [ -t 0 ]; then
tset ...
fi

Then it will only be executed when you "su" interactively, but not fform "cron" or "at"!

HTH,
Wodisch