root executes a script as another user

tads98 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-17-2005

we have this script that stops, starts and monitor process scheduler. prcs_control. this script runs perfectly when executed by ps_user.

we are now creating a new script that will run this script and is executed by root. this script needs to execute the prcs_control as ps_user because root can not execute the psadmin command.

here's how we coded it to be executed by ps_user

su -c "path/prcs_control arg1 arg2"

the script exits successfully but when the status process sched is checked via manual psadmin, it did not stop or start the process sched.

any idea?

RTM · #2 (**permalink**) 05-17-2005

If the script is run by root, then your su command needs to be
su - ps_user -c "path/prcs_control arg1 arg2"

If the script is being run by ps_user, then you may need to source the .profile or .login (it matters what the shell is) to set up environment variables.

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