On Wed, Jul 11, 2007 at 01:04:35PM +0200, Francois wrote: > Hello, > I would to be able to cancel a script I've written if I run it as root. > I know there is a command "whoami" to know who is running the script, but > first, I would like the script : > "Be careful, you are running it as root" > "please, switch to user xxxx, and rerun it. > "Do you want to abort that script, or else, to run it > " as root". > you can see the idea; > I've tried with : > echo "blablalaalaal" > whoami > echo "blbalalblbala" echo -n "blabla" whoami The -n tells echo not to add a trailing new-line. > Another try I made was : > whoami = whoami > echo "blabalababama &whoami balbabababamabab" That would be: whoami=`whoami` echo "blabla $whoami blabla" Or, echo "blabla `whoami` blabla". Or, echo "blabla $(whoami) blabla" -- lfr 0/0
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