[GRASS-user] Question about MAPSET permissions with a GRASS script

[Thomas Adams]

List:

I have written a GRASS shell script for Linux that works perfectly well 
except for one thing. Anyone who runs it from their login ID must be 
able to run the script, which they initiate manually. The MAPSET is 
generic, called 'oper' — we have an 'oper' Linux login. What happens is 
that unless I login or 'su' to 'oper', the script fails with:

ERROR: MAPSET oper — permission denied
ERROR: MAPSET oper — permission denied
ERROR: MAPSET oper — permission denied
.
.
.
etc.

The process involves (among other things) reading in point data using 
v.in.ascii and spatially interpolating it to a raster.

I have tried a number of things to set the GRASS permissions to allow 
universal access to the 'oper' MAPSET as well as trying to export the 
USER variable, etc. Nothing seems to work. Does anyone have a 
suggestion? I'm trying to avoid requiring everyone to create their own 
login/MAPSET and have the resulting files (which we want to retain as an 
archive) scattered around in different MAPSETS.

Thanks,
Tom

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Thomas E Adams
National Weather Service
Ohio River Forecast Center
1901 South State Route 134
Wilmington, OH 45177

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