ExecuteAsRoot Action

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The ExecuteAsRoot custom code plug-in action enables you to run a command on a UNIX system as root.

Classname

com.zerog.ia.customcode.unix.ExecuteAsRoot

Instructions

The ExecuteAsRoot plug-in action requires that Expect, a public domain software tool for automating interactive applications, already be installed on the target machine, and also requires that your su command support the -c switch. You can download Expect from http://expect.nist.gov.

InstallAnywhere Input Variables

The following input variables are used with the ExecuteAsRoot plugin action:

InstallAnywhere Input Variables Used with the ExecuteAsRoot Plug-In
Variable	Description
$EXECUTE_AS_ROOT_COMMAND$	The command to run with root privileges.
$EXECUTE_AS_ROOT_PASSWORD$	The root password.
$EXECUTE_AS_ROOT_EXPECT_PATH$	(Optional) The location of the expect binary on the system. The default value is /usr/bin/expect.
$EXECUTE_AS_ROOT_WAIT_TIME$	(Optional) The time out for the command that is running. The default value is 5 seconds.
$EXECUTE_AS_ROOT_TMP_PATH$	(Optional) The location to store the temporary expect script. The default value is /tmp.

InstallAnywhere Output Variables

The following output variables are used with the ExecuteAsRoot plugin action:

InstallAnywhere Output Variables Used with the ExecuteAsRoot Plug-In
Variable	Description
$EXECUTE_AS_ROOT_EXIT_CODE$	The exit code, where 0 indicates success and 100 indicates incorrect password.
$EXECUTE_AS_ROOT_ERROR_MESSAGE$

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ExecuteAsRoot Action

InstallAnywhere 2018 Help Library

March 2018