Creating an Action that Runs as a Different User

Use the following syntax in the EXEC_STRING:

EXEC_STRING   dtaction -user user_name action_name [file_argument]

The new user (user_name) must have display access to the system through one of the following mechanisms:

• Read permission on the login user's .Xauthority file

• Or, xhost permission

  For example, the following two actions provide the ability to become root and edit an app-defaults file.

  ACTION AppDefaults
   {
   	WINDOW_TYPE				NO_STDIO
   	EXEC_STRING				/usr/dt/bin/dtaction -user root \
   								EditAppDefaults %Arg_1"File:"%
   }
   ACTION EditAppDefaults
   {
   	WINDOW_TYPE				TERMINAL
   	EXEC_STRING				/bin/sh -c 'chmod +w %Arg_1%; \
   								vi %Arg_1%; chmod -w %Arg_1%'
   }