Running a shell script as root

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Name: ohuang
Date: May 15, 2008 at 12:41:16 Pacific
Subject: Running a shell script as root
OS: AIX 5.3
CPU/Ram: Unknown
Model/Manufacturer: unknown

Comment:

I'd like to know that if there is a way in AIX to run a shell script as the 'root' user when the launching program is running as a normal non-root user?
Any help would be appreciated!
thanks.

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Response Number 1

Name: nails
Date: May 15, 2008 at 21:08:28 Pacific
Subject: Running a shell script as root

Reply: (edit)

Check out the sudo utility:
http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/
Here's another useful link describing using sudo:
http://aplawrence.com/Basics/sudo.html

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Name: ohuang
Date: May 21, 2008 at 06:00:49 Pacific
Subject: Running a shell script as root

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Thank you!

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