Hi all.

I'm making a gambas upgrader and i have a function in it that allows you to type the su password in at the start of the compile process so you do not have to when it gets to running 'make install'

It does this by when the make install command is sent to the terminal it reads the terminal output.

Now for sudo this is easy.
if you use sudo you get the following prompt…
[sudo] Password for user:

So easy peasy just monitor the last terminalview linf for text begining with [sudo]  , and will be the same in all languages.

but su is different.
when typing su -c "command" you get this prompt…
Password:

And i fear it's probably a different word in all languages fo su?  or am i wrong?  does su command ask "Password:" in all cases?

Thanks.
Bruce

PJBlack said

Code

LANG  =       de_DE.utf8

sudo  :       [sudo] Passwort für xxxxxxxxxx:
su -c :       Passwort:


dag nabbit!

Thank you.
I got a few replies to this on the gambas m/l , not one of them actually answering my simple question.
I salute you sir

I'm thinking my auto-password thing might just have to only work on sudo not su

Bruce

 Well it turns out that su is very different.
Unlike sudo if i use TerminalView.Input() or even Desktop.SendKeys()  su does not accept the password input.

So looks like the auto-type password is going to be a sudo only feature.

bruce ... for a long time i never had a system under my fingers that NOT have sudo ... and even then: someone who like to program a computer should be able to install sudo ... so what