El Miércoles, 20 de Diciembre de 2006 23:45, Tony Nelson escribió: > At 1:39 PM -0600 12/20/06, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >Manuel Arostegui Ramirez wrote: > >> I know (see above) :) > >> > >>> Getting the password interactively when doing an RPM install is a > >>> problem because of the design of rpm, and the fact that it may be > >>> running under a front-end program, or as part of a batch job. I can > >>> remember long threads about this in the past... > >> > >> Have you seen for example nagios-mysql (debian package) it asks for user > >> and password of the mysql, that's exactly what I want. > > > >No, I have not looked at it. But the problem you are running into is > >because of the differences in the packaging systems. The RPM install > >is designed to be run with no user interaction. This was a design > >decision early in the development of the RPM packaging system. > > > >It is possible to have an install script ask for information if you > >are doing a CLI installation, but you are not supposed to do it. > >This breaks down when you use one of the GUI front-ends for RPM, or > >use a batch job to install packages. > > > >One way around this is to have an install script that runs the first > >time the package is used. Another way is to have the install script > >detect what environment it being run in, and ether ask for the > >password (cli), pop up a windows asking for it (GUI), or do an error > >exit if it is being run from a batch file. You will also need to do > >the same thing in the update and un-install scripts. Keep in mind > >that you are not supposed to do this in an RPM... > > I don't understand why a password is needed. Installing a rpm is done as > root. If some part of the rpm installation needs to run as a specific > user, just su to that user (no password required) and run any needed > commands as that user. Use a subshell and nothing special needs to be done > after. No, I misunderstood myself. What I need is the root password of the mysql of the system where the rpm is gonna be installed. Why? Because I should run a sql file which will create some databases and some tables and it must be done with the root of the mysql. -- Manuel Arostegui Ramirez. Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues.
