[hobbit] Run local custom script as root?

Thomas tlp-hobbit at holme-pedersen.dk
Wed Feb 7 08:47:58 CET 2007


I use sudo for this type of scripts.

/Thomas

Matthias Zepf wrote:
> Hi, I am new to Hobbit. I searched the Hobbit mailing list archive but 
> did not find an answer to the following question:
>
> Is there a (save) way to run a local custom script as root? Some 
> checks require root permissions, e.g. smartctl on Linux does not work 
> even when you have group rights on the device (e.g. /dev/hda). Or is 
> running a Hobbit script as root a bad idea at all?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Matthias
>
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