Hi,
Grr, I've been bit by the script bug. Just found out the hard way that
 
you can't use 'su -c' in a script if you are trying to grab it from a
webpage and run it. I get the error "standard in must be a tty". Need
 
this to work for end-users, any ideas or workarounds? Anyone see this
 
before ? Thanks in advance.

EXAMPLE:
[quickm@duvel Desktop]$ *curl http://somehost.com/reinstall_package.sh
 |
bash*
  % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time
  
Current
                                 Dload Upload Total Spent Left
  
Speed
100 4313 100 4313 0 0 36125 0 --:--:-- --:--:--
 --:--:--
3234k
checking credentials ...
Please enter the Administrator (root) password.
*standard in must be a tty*

CODE :
# --- Check for 'Root' credentials
CMDLN_ARGS="$@" # Command line arguments for
this script
export CMDLN_ARGS
# Run this script as root if not already.
# if passed silent option, will exit on failure.
chk_root () {

    temp_cond="$1"
    if [ ! $( id -u ) -eq 0 ]; then
        if [ "$temp_cond" != "silent" ] ;then
            echo "Please enter the Administrator (root) password."
            exec su -c "${0} ${CMDLN_ARGS}" # Call this prog as root
            exit ${?} # sice we're 'execing'
above, we wont reach this exit
                                            # unless something goes
 wrong.
        else
            # the 'silent' option has been set - just exit.
            echo "root privilages have not been met ."
            exit 1
        fi
    fi

}

       
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Received on 2007-12-11