[Omaha.pm] Net::SSH::Perl and sudo or su
Jay Hannah
jay at jays.net
Thu Dec 6 14:36:29 PST 2007
Tony Simons wrote:
> Ok, but it's really long... But... this is what I have. And it's a
> little rough but it works.
> if [ `sudo test; echo $?` -gt 1 ]; then
> echo "This script uses SinFP which requires Root privileges please
>
So you have to be root to run your bash script?
> case `sudo sinfp.pl -a -i${SNFILE[${HOS}]} -p 22 | grep IPv4 | awk
> '{print $4}' | head -n1` in
>
What does sudo do if you're already root?
> echo "No Unix Fingerprint Found...doing one more check!"
> if [ "`sudo sinfp.pl -i${SNFILE[${HOS}]} -p 22 | grep IPv4 | awk
> '{print $2}' | head -n1`" == "unknown" ]; then
>
What is that doing? Is it doing it locally?
> $SSHCMD ${SNFILE[${HOS}]} "echo -e $STR > /tmp/${SNFILE[${HOS}]}.sn
> ;$SUDO mv /tmp/${SNFILE[${HOS}]}.sn /etc/serialnumber; $SUDO chmod 660
> /etc/serialnumber"
>
So this is our goal, right? To create /etc/serialnumber on the remote host?
Why does this work under bash? Do all your remote hosts have
/root/.ssh/authorized_keys files set up to trust root coming from your
local machine?
... Maybe we'll get to a Perl question eventually ... -grin-
j
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