Re^2: Passing Password through Perl Script

I don't exactly need that you have specified. I don't want to prompt the user for a password. In my local system I run say two commands like "su hduser" which prompts me for a password and entering the password I get logged in as hduser. I just need to automate this thing using a script in my local system only so that I don't have to do this from the command line. Thanks in advance any help would be of great help.

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Re^3: Passing Password through Perl Script by Anonymous Monk on Aug 09, 2012 at 12:38 UTC
You can always configure /etc/sudoers to not require passwords -- either for all commands or for a list of specified commands.	[reply]
Re^4: Passing Password through Perl Script by Amarendu (Initiate) on Aug 09, 2012 at 12:44 UTC
No, i really need the password , for security reasons. Is there any other alternative way, so that i could do the task.	[reply]
Re^5: Passing Password through Perl Script by SuicideJunkie (Vicar) on Aug 09, 2012 at 13:10 UTC
Whomever has permission to read, and thus run your script... can read the password embedded in the file. If the user has the password anyways, why not just make it automatic?	[reply]