Hello Mr. David,
Sorry, I removed the
Set PROCESSAUTHMODE None
line from the configuration file after the first trial and forgot to rewrite
it.
Thanks a lot for the info..
2008/7/14 David Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Can you verify that PROCESSAUTHMODE is set to NONE? You can determine this
> by running:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS LIST SETTINGS
> Response
> --------
> Default Stop Using Method : SigKillAll
> Default Console Mode : New
> Default Focus : Background
> Process Auth Mode : None
> Default Auth Username : <None>
> Default Auth Password : <None>
> Default Auth Disabled Action: Ignore
> Default Shell : <None>
> Default New Console Shell : <None>
> Default Same Console Shell : <None>
>
> The following works correctly for me on an AIX 5.1 system:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND whoami RETURNSTDOUT WAIT USERNAME
> test
> Response
> --------
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Key : <None>
> Files : [
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Data : test
>
> }
> ]
> }
>
> There is nothing directly in STAF that can tell you a user's home
> directory, but you can run something like "cat /etc/passwd | grep test:" and
> parse through the output to get the test user's home directory:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND "cat /etc/passwd | grep test:"
> RETURNSTDOUT WAIT
> Response
> --------
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Key : <None>
> Files : [
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Data : test:!:210:1::/home/test:/usr/bin/ksh
>
> }
> ]
> }
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
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> Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> *"Ahmed Mostafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*
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>
> 07/14/2008 02:38 AM
> To
> STAF <[email protected]>, David Bender/Austin/[EMAIL
> PROTECTED] cc
> Regine Lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject
> Re: [staf-users] [STAF] Starting a process under a different user on
> UNIX
>
>
>
>
> Both
> staf local PROCESS Start Shell Command whoami Wait UserName test Password
> test_password ReturnStdOut
> and
> staf local PROCESS Start Shell Command whoami Wait UserName test
> ReturnStdOut
> return root!
>
> And, isn't there a method to know that user's home directory (/home/test)?
> as I don't know it in advance
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> 2008/7/13 David Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
>
> The USERNAME/PASSWORD values for the PROCESS START request are the
> usernames and passwords from the operating system. I believe your process
> is actually running under the specified (non-root) userid; however, on Unix
> machines, the environment variables for the user are not set for the process
> because it doesn't run the scripts that set up the environment for the user.
>
> So, if you run the following:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND whoami USERNAME test PASSWORD
> testpassword RETURNSTDOUT WAIT
>
> Response
> --------
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Key : <None>
> Files : [
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Data : test
>
> }
> ]
> }
>
> So you see that it is running the process under the specified userid.
>
> However, as you noted, if you run "echo $HOME" as the command:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND "echo \$HOME" USERNAME test
> PASSWORD testpassword RETURNSTDOUT WAIT
>
> Response
> --------
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Key : <None>
> Files : [
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Data : /home/root
>
> }
> ]
> }
>
> You can use the ENV option on a PROCESS START request to specify
> environment variables that you want to specify for a username:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND "echo \$HOME" USERNAME test
> PASSWORD testpassword RETURNSTDOUT WAIT ENV "HOME=/home/test"
>
> Response
> --------
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Key : <None>
> Files : [
> {
> Return Code: 0
> Data : /home/test
>
> }
> ]
> }
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
> 8-1268 (512-838-1268)
> IBM Austin Bldg. 903-5B002
> Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> *"Ahmed Mostafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*>
> *
> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 07/13/2008 06:50 AM
>
> To
> STAF <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<[email protected]>
> > cc
> David Bender/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject
> [staf-users] [STAF] Starting a process under a different user on
> UNIX
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using STAF 3.3.0 on an AIX 6.1 operating system and want to start a
> process under a different user, the following command:
> staf local PROCESS Start Shell Command "echo" Parms "$HOME" Wait UserName
> user_name ReturnStdOut
> returns: /home/root, because STAF is running under it (user_name is
> another one). The configuration file contains the command:
> Set PROCESSAUTHMODE NONE
> does the UserName parameter use user names from the Authenticator's file? r
> from the operating system? and how can I execute processes under a different
> system users?
>
> Thanks
> --
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>
> Software Engineer
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