This Used To Work
This Used To Work
- Subject: This Used To Work
- From: Marconi <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:45:32 -0700
For terminal commands that require root, this used to work:
tell application "Terminal"
activate
do script "sudo requires_sudo_or_root" in front window
delay 2
do script "my_password" in front window
end tell
At some point, presumably after some system update, this stopped
working and the second 'do script' does not result in the password
being typed into the terminal window.
I've looked at the man page for 'expect' and am a bit overwhelmed by
it, but I believe that expect might cope with this properly.
The 'expect' examples referred to on the man page don't seem to
exist. Would anyone care to demonstrate how to invoke an 'expect'
script via AS to accomplish a simple sudo command?
TIA
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sharply when they talk of reforming and improving the constitution."
-- H. L. Mencken
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