Hi Salva, thx, but the installed sudo version does not have -S option. so i am not sure how will i then pass the password....
CU Sudo version 1.5.7p2 sudo -V | -h | -l | -v | -k | -H | [-b] [-p prompt] [-u username/#uid] -s | <command> ________________________________ From: Salvador Fandiño <sfand...@yahoo.com> To: beginners@perl.org Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2012 11:08 AM Subject: Re: Net::Openssh and sudo? On 01/20/2012 08:10 PM, Rajeev Prasad wrote: > > > hello, > > using Net::Openssh how can i use sudo to become some other user (say root) on > a target machine and then execute a series of commands as root? > > i looked and tried to use the expect example given on Net::Openssh page but > could not make it to work. > > my $myssh = Net::OpenSSH->new($host, > port => $SSHPORT, > user => $USER, > password => $PASS,) > > now how can i execute a sudo on this, thus becoming a different user and, > then execute bunch of commands on this handle? Have you see the FAQ entry "Running remote commands with sudo" on the module documentation? https://metacpan.org/module/Net::OpenSSH#FAQ It describes a simple way to run commands with sudo that doesn't require Expect. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
