Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine

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2002


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texte = Dale, the folderdate variable will not be passed into the shell script, you will need to run them allinside the shell script, create in include or something similar.[shell] su dale cd /Volumes/g3071/daily echo directory changed to: pwd mkdir [folderdate] echo [folderdate] - value of folderdate echo directory created ls -al [/shell]you may even need to add sudo to the start of each line ..sudo cd / ... sudo mkdir etcAlain> This is getting really frustrating! > > What works: > Downloading files, parsing the info I need from the file which gives me > the data I need for the name of the folder I need to create. > > What doesn't work - passing the new folder name info to a shell script > so the script can create the folder. > > Here is the webcat piece (the variable is already defined) > 
> [shell]> sudo /Users/dale/Sites/iboxx/scripts/iboxx.sh> echo got here> [/shell]>
> > Here is the contents of the script > > --- begin script --- > #!/bin/sh > su dale > cd /Volumes/g3071/daily > echo directory changed to: > pwd > mkdir [folderdate] > echo [folderdate] - value of folderdate > echo directory created > ls -al > > echo script completed > > --- end script --- > > > While it seems webcat will pass a variable to the shell, it doesn't > pass it to a shell script (kind of makes sense). But now, how do I get > this information ( [folderdate] ) to the script in order to make the > new directory I need? > > Or, failing the ability to pass the variable to the script, does anyone > know how to read in a text file under bash and assign it to a variable > there? > > I could do a [writefile] with the new foldername with webcat and then > have something in the bash scrip read it and use that to make the new > directory. > > Thanks > > Dale > > > > on 21/6/02 2:06 pm, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz > wrote: > >> The line you will need to add is >> >> wwwALL=NOPASSWD:/bin/ls >> >> This will allow you to run 'ls' as user root when you are logged in as >> user www (the webcatuser) without asking for a password .. >> >> you need to use visudo to edit the sudoers file. >> HTH .. Alain >> >> >>> Alain, >>> >>> Thanks for the reply. >>> >>> What is strange is that I can make any changes using the gui, but not >>> from the shell. So I do believe I need to use sudo (as you suggested) >>> but what is the proper syntax to enter a line in the sudoers file so >>> that I am not prompted for a password? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> on 20/6/02 11:00 am, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dale, >>>> If you try and access the share with the command line can you list >>>> the files ??to see if you are having a permissions error type >>>> >>>> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >>>> sudo -u www ls -l >>>> enter password if asked >>>> >>>> and see if the files list - this would be that same response WebCat >>>> gets .. >>>> >>>> Alain >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I have a project I am working on where I download some files to a >>>>> Mac OS X machine, do a little bit of processing and then have to >>>>> copy the files to a specified folder on a Windows share. >>>>> >>>>> If I do: >>>>> >>>>> [shell] >>>>> cd /Volumes/ >>>>> ls -al >>>>> [/shell] >>>>> >>>>> I see the mounted shares as g3071 and g3071%2fbox where the second >>>>> one is actually a folder on the g3071 share, and is the one I need. >>>>> The second one shows up on my desktop simply as box >>>>> >>>>> However, if I try >>>>> >>>>> [shell] >>>>> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >>>>> ls >>>>> [/shell] >>>>> >>>>> I get a directory listing of the folder the template is in. Same if >>>>> I try the second entry. >>>>> >>>>> I am using DAVE 3.1.1 to mount the windows shares. I can access the >>>>> shares fine from the desktop. >>>>> >>>>> Not being able to move these files to this share is really annoying >>>>> and preventing this project from being completed. Anyone have any >>>>> ideas? >>>>> >>>>> I can't ftp to this box as ftp is not enabled and the admins will >>>>> not enable it, or make any other changes to the box. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Dale >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To >>> switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> Web Archive of this list is >>> at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (Alain Russell 2002)
  2. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (drt - lists 2002)
  3. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (dale 2002)
  4. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (Alain Russell 2002)
  5. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (drt - lists 2002)
  6. Re: Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (Alain Russell 2002)
  7. Changing to a windows mounted share from a Mac OS X machine (drt - lists 2002)
Dale, the folderdate variable will not be passed into the shell script, you will need to run them allinside the shell script, create in include or something similar.[shell] su dale cd /Volumes/g3071/daily echo directory changed to: pwd mkdir [folderdate] echo [folderdate] - value of folderdate echo directory created ls -al [/shell]you may even need to add sudo to the start of each line ..sudo cd / ... sudo mkdir etcAlain> This is getting really frustrating! > > What works: > Downloading files, parsing the info I need from the file which gives me > the data I need for the name of the folder I need to create. > > What doesn't work - passing the new folder name info to a shell script > so the script can create the folder. > > Here is the webcat piece (the variable is already defined) > 
> [shell]> sudo /Users/dale/Sites/iboxx/scripts/iboxx.sh> echo got here> [/shell]>
> > Here is the contents of the script > > --- begin script --- > #!/bin/sh > su dale > cd /Volumes/g3071/daily > echo directory changed to: > pwd > mkdir [folderdate] > echo [folderdate] - value of folderdate > echo directory created > ls -al > > echo script completed > > --- end script --- > > > While it seems webcat will pass a variable to the shell, it doesn't > pass it to a shell script (kind of makes sense). But now, how do I get > this information ( [folderdate] ) to the script in order to make the > new directory I need? > > Or, failing the ability to pass the variable to the script, does anyone > know how to read in a text file under bash and assign it to a variable > there? > > I could do a [writefile] with the new foldername with webcat and then > have something in the bash scrip read it and use that to make the new > directory. > > Thanks > > Dale > > > > on 21/6/02 2:06 pm, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz > wrote: > >> The line you will need to add is >> >> wwwALL=NOPASSWD:/bin/ls >> >> This will allow you to run 'ls' as user root when you are logged in as >> user www (the webcatuser) without asking for a password .. >> >> you need to use visudo to edit the sudoers file. >> HTH .. Alain >> >> >>> Alain, >>> >>> Thanks for the reply. >>> >>> What is strange is that I can make any changes using the gui, but not >>> from the shell. So I do believe I need to use sudo (as you suggested) >>> but what is the proper syntax to enter a line in the sudoers file so >>> that I am not prompted for a password? >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> on 20/6/02 11:00 am, Alain Russell at alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dale, >>>> If you try and access the share with the command line can you list >>>> the files ??to see if you are having a permissions error type >>>> >>>> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >>>> sudo -u www ls -l >>>> enter password if asked >>>> >>>> and see if the files list - this would be that same response WebCat >>>> gets .. >>>> >>>> Alain >>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I have a project I am working on where I download some files to a >>>>> Mac OS X machine, do a little bit of processing and then have to >>>>> copy the files to a specified folder on a Windows share. >>>>> >>>>> If I do: >>>>> >>>>> [shell] >>>>> cd /Volumes/ >>>>> ls -al >>>>> [/shell] >>>>> >>>>> I see the mounted shares as g3071 and g3071%2fbox where the second >>>>> one is actually a folder on the g3071 share, and is the one I need. >>>>> The second one shows up on my desktop simply as box >>>>> >>>>> However, if I try >>>>> >>>>> [shell] >>>>> cd /Volumes/g3071/ >>>>> ls >>>>> [/shell] >>>>> >>>>> I get a directory listing of the folder the template is in. Same if >>>>> I try the second entry. >>>>> >>>>> I am using DAVE 3.1.1 to mount the windows shares. I can access the >>>>> shares fine from the desktop. >>>>> >>>>> Not being able to move these files to this share is really annoying >>>>> and preventing this project from being completed. Anyone have any >>>>> ideas? >>>>> >>>>> I can't ftp to this box as ftp is not enabled and the admins will >>>>> not enable it, or make any other changes to the box. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Dale >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To >>> switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >>> Web Archive of this list is >>> at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is > at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ -- Alain Russell Blackpepper Interactive alain.russell@blackpepper.co.nz ph. 09 520 6280------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Alain Russell

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