Re: Running something from cron as another user.
From: Andy Marden (amarden@usa.net)Date: 02/18/02
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From: "Andy Marden" <amarden@usa.net> Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 22:48:07 GMT
Thanks for the pointer. That's exactly what I was looking for - not easy to
track down!
Cheers
Andy
"Juha Laiho" <Juha.Laiho@iki.fi> wrote in message
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> "Andy Marden" <amarden@usa.net> said:
> >> The problem here is that there is already a user running the batch
> >> load. As part of the load, if files are detected, I want to be able
> >> to bring down Postgres in the manner stated, but then I HAVE to be
> >> the postgres user it seems, not just the group. Don't want to run
> >> this all as root, nor as the postgres user, but want to be able to
> >> shutdown postgres. Happy to incorporate a password if necessary.
>
> Check what "sudo" brings you. "man sudoers".
>
> No password required. Co-operative root required, but apparently you
> have root access already, so that shouldn't be a problem.
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