[sudo-users] getting a syntax error when I run a scritp via sudo

Robert Morris Robert.Morris at unionbank.com
Fri Jun 5 09:40:45 MDT 2015


Thank you 
That worked.

I will put that in my bag of tricks.

Robert E. Morris

-----Original Message-----
From: Todd C. Miller [mailto:Todd.Miller at courtesan.com] 
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2015 7:18 AM
To: Robert Morris
Cc: 'sudo-users at sudo.ws'
Subject: Re: [sudo-users] getting a syntax error when I run a scritp via sudo

You need to put the interpreter as the first line of the script or it will be run via /bin/sh.  It sounds like you really want it to run via ksh.  If so, adding:

#!/bin/ksh

to the top of the script should fix it.

 - todd

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