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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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On 2015-10-22, Charles H. Sampson <csampson@inetworld.net> wrote:
>
> Okay, although I know a lot about Unix

You always say that, but your posts prove otherwise.

> I don't call myself an expert at
> this time/. (I have worked on implementing other operating systems
> during my career.) Here's where I'm hung up. If I manually enter
>
>      sudo <something>
>
> I'm asked for my password. I don't know how to handle that in a script,
> either bash or c-shell. An explanation of how to do it will keep me from
> logging in a root, which is fine by me.

If you run the script in the root account there's no need to sudo it. If
this is to be an automated script, the obvious solution is to run the
script from the root cron table (sudo crontab -e).

None of the above requires enabling the root user or logging into the
root account with the OS X GUI. Neither of those are recommended due to
security reasons, and neither are required.

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