Re^2: Calling a setuid script in a perl script

Apologies, You are correct. However I also needed to know how to pass a value from one script to another. I am indeed now going to use sudo.

This is the error I get sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo

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Re^3: Calling a setuid script in a perl script by Anonymous Monk on Nov 24, 2011 at 16:19 UTC
the problem is that sudo requires a tty to run. You will not be able to run sudo on a crontab or cgi.	[reply]
Re^4: Calling a setuid script in a perl script by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 24, 2011 at 16:53 UTC
sudo requires a tty to run Are you sure? My sudo (unmodified Slackware64-13.37, i.e. unmodified sudo-1.7.4p6) does not require a tty or an `askpass` helper program when configured that way. You will not be able to run sudo on a crontab or cgi. Well, my system allows sudo from CGI. The CGI user is explicitly allowed to invoke a selected program via sudo, without a password. Alexander -- Today I will gladly share my knowledge and experience, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so". ;-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Calling a setuid script in a perl script by hmadhi (Acolyte) on Nov 24, 2011 at 17:17 UTC
Thanks. I am using: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.7 (Tikanga). Will check why	[reply]