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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!melbourne.DIALix.oz.au!seeware!news From: mark@putte.seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) Subject: Re: SU -c switch Sender: news@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Charlie Root) Nntp-Posting-Host: localhost Organization: SeeWare Software Message-ID: <DHo5CM.5Dn@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> References: <47fh68$8d@falstaf.demon.co.uk> Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 10:33:58 GMT Lines: 30 In article <47fh68$8d@falstaf.demon.co.uk>, robin@falstaf.demon.co.uk (Robin Birch) writes: >Dear All, >Many systems, my PDP-11 running 2bsd amongst others, allow me to do something >like su news -c "some command string". This then allows me to execute the >command string as news. > >I am running FreeBSD 2.0 and this doesn't appear to do this. If I enter >such a string all I get is the sh prompt and I hae to mannually enter >the command. > >What am I doing wrong?. Or is there some stuff I have to set up before I >can do this?. > Try this: putte:~> echo id | su news Password: uid=8(news) gid=8(news) groups=8(news) /mark -- +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Mark Hannon,| FreeBSD - Free Unix for your PC| mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au| | Melbourne, | PGP key available by fingering | epamha@epa.ericsson.se | | Australia | seeware@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au | | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+