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The executesudounix statement executes a UNIX shell command using sudo (root) privileges.

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Parameters

This statement has four parameters:

shellcommand – Exact text of shell command.

password – Password (if empty then will prompt for password).

result – Output of shell command.

timeout – Timeout in seconds (default is 60 if not supplied).

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Description

This statement executes a UNIX shell command using SUDO (root) privileges.

executeunix {chown myname afile},“”,ux

Note: This statement has been superceded by the shellscript statement and shellscript( function.

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See Also

• applescript -- executes an AppleScript.
• applescript( -- executes AppleScript source code and returns the result.
• blindposixscript( -- executes a POSIX shell script using NSTask and returns the process id.
• executeapplescript -- compiles and runs an AppleScript.
• executeperlscript -- executes Perl code.
• executeunix -- executes a UNIX shell command.
• info("posixtasks") -- list of POSIX shell tasks running in the background.
• perl -- executes a Perl script (program).
• perl( -- executes a perl program and returns the result (stdout).
• php -- executes a PHP script (program).
• php( -- executes a PHP program and returns the result.
• posixscript( -- executes a POSIX shell script using NSTask and returns the result.
• posixtask -- executes a POSIX shell script in the background using NSTask.
• posixtask( -- executes a POSIX shell script in the background using NSTask.
• python -- executes a Python script (program).
• python( -- executes a python program and returns the result (stdout).
• ruby -- executes a Ruby script (program).
• ruby( -- executes a ruby program and returns the result (stdout).
• scriptbglog -- specifies a path/file for output from STDOUT from embedded programs run in the background (Perl, Ruby, Python, PHP).
• Scripting Language Configuration -- configuring the scripting languages available to Panorama (Perl, PHP, Python and Ruby).
• scripttimeout -- sets the maximum runtime allowed for an embedded program (AppleScript, ShellScript, Perl, Ruby or Python).
• shellscript -- executes a UNIX shell script.
• shellscript( -- executes a UNIX shell script and returns the result.
• stopposixtask -- stops a POSIX shell script that is running in the background.
• usebashprofile -- grabs the search path from the `.Bash_profile` file in the user's home folder, so that these paths will be used by scripting languages (*Ruby, Python*, etc.).
• xcallbackurl -- performs an action in another application using the x-callback-url mechanism.

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History

Version	Status	Notes
10.0	No Change	Carried over from Panorama 6.0.