hi,
i'm trying to execute some programs from within a c++-program, where i
ask the user to specify the root password and would like to execute the
command then with "su -c "the-command", via popen.
but i always get back the error "standard in must be a tty" from su.
i know what the error means, but is there a possibility by maybe pretending
the c++-program to be a tty? any ideas?
thanks,
toby
Is it possible to run the same command using 'expect' ?
expect is a scripting tool which interacts with command line programs. If that manages to do it, then perhaps a look through the expect source code to find out how it does it would prove useful.
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yes it does, so i'll have a look at the expect source-code...
it's c though, and im not very good at thinking in pure c-code,
but c++-code...
thanks anyway!
This is exactly what pseudo-terminals are for.Originally Posted by t0bias
but sending the password to /dev/pts/1 prints it but does not
make su accepting it..?
maybe i am doint something wrong?
Have you ever thought that perhaps forbidding su to use anything but the console for input is there on purpose? Like to prevent someone writing a program that attempts to crack the password for su?
If the user knows the root password, then why not run YOUR application under su? Or, even, set the "setuid" bit for the app, so that it can run as root in the first place?
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That is an interesting problem, I havent tried it before. But it will be an interesting problem to work on
