Re: Elevating User Rights of Livecode on Linux
On 7/3/19 9:59 AM, Dalton Calford wrote: nevermind about the /. Just discovering '' vs "" usage. Still learning livecode and the cheat sheets are not as robust as I would prefer. Re that, I see bug #16941 has a status of "AWAITING_MERGE". https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16941 and references https://github.com/livecode/livecode/pull/5781 They've both been sitting in limbo for two years now. Has support for single-quotes been sidelined? Dropped? What does "AWAITING_MERGE" mean in this context? -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Elevating User Rights of Livecode on Linux
nevermind about the /. Just discovering '' vs "" usage.
Still learning livecode and the cheat sheets are not as robust as I would
prefer.
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 12:50, Dalton Calford
wrote:
> Thanks Mark,
>
> I was playing with shell() to see if it would work. I am having some
> path/string issues and can't find a simple example script to show me what I
> am doing wrong.
>
> If I am just using the message box, I can type "put shell(vdir)" and it
> works perfectly for the default path. If instead I ask "put shell(vdir
> /etc)" or "put shell('vdir /etc') etc into the message box, all I get is an
> error.Is the / a special character that needs to be escaped or
> something else?
>
> best regards
>
> Dalton
>
> On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 12:41, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>
>> On 7/3/19 8:28 AM, Dalton Calford via use-livecode wrote:
>> > I am looking to read/write odbc settings from within livecode, but due
>> to
>> > user rights, I want to allow for sudoer style rights elevation.
>> >
>> > Is there a way to present the user with a dialog asking for password
>> from
>> > within livecode?
>>
>> sudo -S is your friend. Try something like this:
>>
>> on mouseUp pMouseButton
>> local tCommands
>> local tPassword
>>
>> put "apt update" into tCommands
>> ask password "type your sudo password"
>> put it into tPassword
>> get shell("echo" && tPassword && "| sudo -S" && tCommands)
>> put it into field 1
>> end mouseUp
>>
>> --
>> Mark Wieder
>> ahsoftw...@gmail.com
>>
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Re: Elevating User Rights of Livecode on Linux
Thanks Mark,
I was playing with shell() to see if it would work. I am having some
path/string issues and can't find a simple example script to show me what I
am doing wrong.
If I am just using the message box, I can type "put shell(vdir)" and it
works perfectly for the default path. If instead I ask "put shell(vdir
/etc)" or "put shell('vdir /etc') etc into the message box, all I get is an
error.Is the / a special character that needs to be escaped or
something else?
best regards
Dalton
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 at 12:41, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> On 7/3/19 8:28 AM, Dalton Calford via use-livecode wrote:
> > I am looking to read/write odbc settings from within livecode, but due to
> > user rights, I want to allow for sudoer style rights elevation.
> >
> > Is there a way to present the user with a dialog asking for password from
> > within livecode?
>
> sudo -S is your friend. Try something like this:
>
> on mouseUp pMouseButton
> local tCommands
> local tPassword
>
> put "apt update" into tCommands
> ask password "type your sudo password"
> put it into tPassword
> get shell("echo" && tPassword && "| sudo -S" && tCommands)
> put it into field 1
> end mouseUp
>
> --
> Mark Wieder
> ahsoftw...@gmail.com
>
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Re: Elevating User Rights of Livecode on Linux
On 7/3/19 8:28 AM, Dalton Calford via use-livecode wrote:
I am looking to read/write odbc settings from within livecode, but due to
user rights, I want to allow for sudoer style rights elevation.
Is there a way to present the user with a dialog asking for password from
within livecode?
sudo -S is your friend. Try something like this:
on mouseUp pMouseButton
local tCommands
local tPassword
put "apt update" into tCommands
ask password "type your sudo password"
put it into tPassword
get shell("echo" && tPassword && "| sudo -S" && tCommands)
put it into field 1
end mouseUp
--
Mark Wieder
ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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Elevating User Rights of Livecode on Linux
I am looking to read/write odbc settings from within livecode, but due to user rights, I want to allow for sudoer style rights elevation. Is there a way to present the user with a dialog asking for password from within livecode? best regards Dalton ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
