On Thu, February 12, 2015 12:32 pm, Matt wrote:
> I need to remove empty files out of a directory that are over 6 hours
> old so I created this script and put it in cron.hourly.
>
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /var/list
> sudo -u matt find /var/list -mmin +360 -empty -user matt -exec rm {} \;
>
> I want to run it as matt rather than root for just an added bit of
> safety. Problem is I get this.
>
> "sudo: sorry, you must have a tty to run sudo"
>
> Is there another way to do this? As I understand the reason for this
> is requiretty in sudo config. If that improves security I would
> rather not change that setting.
Did you try to use su instead? E.g., in my /etc/rc.local I have a bunch of
stuff run on behalf of users other than root. Like:
/bin/su lmgrd -c 'export
IDL_DIR=/usr/local/opt/flexlm/idl;/usr/local/opt/flexlm/idl/bin/lmgrd -c
/usr/local/opt/flexlm/licenses/license.dat -l /var/log/flexlm/idl.log >
/dev/null 2>&1'
Valeri
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Valeri Galtsev
Sr System Administrator
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
Phone: 773-702-4247
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