sudo in bash script: Doesn't always wait for password
I have a simple bash script like this:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
sudo ./some_other_script_01
sudo ./some_other_script_02
When I execute this script, I always see the password prompt, as usual:
[sudo] password for user:
However sometimes, inexplicably, before I have typed my password, ./some_other_script_01 starts getting executed (presumably without root permissions). This happens even though it did prompt me for a password (which I didn't yet provide).
Currently, when this happens, I have to kill the scripts and start again (so that they get executed with root privileges).
bash shell-script ubuntu sudo
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
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I have a simple bash script like this:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
sudo ./some_other_script_01
sudo ./some_other_script_02
When I execute this script, I always see the password prompt, as usual:
[sudo] password for user:
However sometimes, inexplicably, before I have typed my password, ./some_other_script_01 starts getting executed (presumably without root permissions). This happens even though it did prompt me for a password (which I didn't yet provide).
Currently, when this happens, I have to kill the scripts and start again (so that they get executed with root privileges).
bash shell-script ubuntu sudo
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
asked Mar 7 at 21:49
logideliclogidelic
1155
1
Issudoconfigured withpasswd_timeoutset to some too small value in thesudoersfile?
– Kusalananda♦
Mar 7 at 21:56
If you want to force sudo to ask for a password, use the-koption. Check your man page for details.
– glenn jackman
Mar 7 at 22:18
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I have a simple bash script like this:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
sudo ./some_other_script_01
sudo ./some_other_script_02
When I execute this script, I always see the password prompt, as usual:
[sudo] password for user:
However sometimes, inexplicably, before I have typed my password, ./some_other_script_01 starts getting executed (presumably without root permissions). This happens even though it did prompt me for a password (which I didn't yet provide).
Currently, when this happens, I have to kill the scripts and start again (so that they get executed with root privileges).
bash shell-script ubuntu sudo
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
asked Mar 7 at 21:49
logideliclogidelic
1155
I have a simple bash script like this:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
sudo ./some_other_script_01
sudo ./some_other_script_02
When I execute this script, I always see the password prompt, as usual:
[sudo] password for user:
However sometimes, inexplicably, before I have typed my password, ./some_other_script_01 starts getting executed (presumably without root permissions). This happens even though it did prompt me for a password (which I didn't yet provide).
Currently, when this happens, I have to kill the scripts and start again (so that they get executed with root privileges).
bash shell-script ubuntu sudo
bash shell-script ubuntu sudo
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
asked Mar 7 at 21:49
logideliclogidelic
1155
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
asked Mar 7 at 21:49
logideliclogidelic
1155
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
edited Mar 7 at 22:07
Rui F Ribeiro
41.8k1483142
41.8k1483142
asked Mar 7 at 21:49
logideliclogidelic
1155
asked Mar 7 at 21:49
logideliclogidelic
1155
asked Mar 7 at 21:49
logideliclogidelic
1155
1155
1
Issudoconfigured withpasswd_timeoutset to some too small value in thesudoersfile?
– Kusalananda♦
Mar 7 at 21:56
If you want to force sudo to ask for a password, use the-koption. Check your man page for details.
– glenn jackman
Mar 7 at 22:18
add a comment |
1
Issudoconfigured withpasswd_timeoutset to some too small value in thesudoersfile?
– Kusalananda♦
Mar 7 at 21:56
If you want to force sudo to ask for a password, use the-koption. Check your man page for details.
– glenn jackman
Mar 7 at 22:18
1
1
Is
sudo configured with passwd_timeout set to some too small value in the sudoers file?– Kusalananda♦
Mar 7 at 21:56
Is
sudo configured with passwd_timeout set to some too small value in the sudoers file?– Kusalananda♦
Mar 7 at 21:56
If you want to force sudo to ask for a password, use the
-k option. Check your man page for details.– glenn jackman
Mar 7 at 22:18
If you want to force sudo to ask for a password, use the
-k option. Check your man page for details.– glenn jackman
Mar 7 at 22:18
add a comment |
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Sudo once is enough, just start the wrapper.sh with sudo. Check if you have root permission in the script no more sudo calls needed.
sudo ./wrapper.sh
wrapper.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run as root"
exit
fi
./some_other_script_01
./some_other_script_02
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
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Thank you. I've marked this as the answer because it's the right thing to do, but it still doesn't solve my mystery. I will keep investigating.
– logidelic
Mar 8 at 14:24
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Sudo once is enough, just start the wrapper.sh with sudo. Check if you have root permission in the script no more sudo calls needed.
sudo ./wrapper.sh
wrapper.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run as root"
exit
fi
./some_other_script_01
./some_other_script_02
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
1,707917
1
Thank you. I've marked this as the answer because it's the right thing to do, but it still doesn't solve my mystery. I will keep investigating.
– logidelic
Mar 8 at 14:24
add a comment |
Sudo once is enough, just start the wrapper.sh with sudo. Check if you have root permission in the script no more sudo calls needed.
sudo ./wrapper.sh
wrapper.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run as root"
exit
fi
./some_other_script_01
./some_other_script_02
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
1,707917
1
Thank you. I've marked this as the answer because it's the right thing to do, but it still doesn't solve my mystery. I will keep investigating.
– logidelic
Mar 8 at 14:24
add a comment |
Sudo once is enough, just start the wrapper.sh with sudo. Check if you have root permission in the script no more sudo calls needed.
sudo ./wrapper.sh
wrapper.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run as root"
exit
fi
./some_other_script_01
./some_other_script_02
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
1,707917
Sudo once is enough, just start the wrapper.sh with sudo. Check if you have root permission in the script no more sudo calls needed.
sudo ./wrapper.sh
wrapper.sh:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
then echo "Please run as root"
exit
fi
./some_other_script_01
./some_other_script_02
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
1,707917
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
1,707917
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
1,707917
answered Mar 7 at 21:59
Michael D.Michael D.
1,707917
1,707917
1
Thank you. I've marked this as the answer because it's the right thing to do, but it still doesn't solve my mystery. I will keep investigating.
– logidelic
Mar 8 at 14:24
add a comment |
1
Thank you. I've marked this as the answer because it's the right thing to do, but it still doesn't solve my mystery. I will keep investigating.
– logidelic
Mar 8 at 14:24
1
1
Thank you. I've marked this as the answer because it's the right thing to do, but it still doesn't solve my mystery. I will keep investigating.
– logidelic
Mar 8 at 14:24
Thank you. I've marked this as the answer because it's the right thing to do, but it still doesn't solve my mystery. I will keep investigating.
– logidelic
Mar 8 at 14:24
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sudoconfigured withpasswd_timeoutset to some too small value in thesudoersfile?– Kusalananda♦
Mar 7 at 21:56
If you want to force sudo to ask for a password, use the
-koption. Check your man page for details.– glenn jackman
Mar 7 at 22:18