i write a following shell script to mount attached usb drives. when i run it it runs only su - command. it ask for type password. but didn't run the other commands.what can i do to run other commands? please help me
su-
mkdir /mnt/Usb
mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/Usb
usb drives automount themselves rite? (unless you are using a min ver of linux)
can't the privious file system is creshed ......
A little late but I used to trip on this myself years ago.
Like 'sh' and 'bash', 'su' starts a new shell. You have to pass your commands to that new shell.
su -c "mkdir -p /mnt/Usb; mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/Usb" root
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