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Old 10-07-2010
Switch User in within a Shell Script

Hi Experts,

I'm trying to write a shell script to stop few things where i have to use another user to execute a command. Otherwise it will not work.

Your help is really appreciated

Thanks,
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ADSL-STOP(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      ADSL-STOP(8)

NAME
adsl-stop - Shell script to shut down a PPPoE link SYNOPSIS
adsl-stop [config_file] DESCRIPTION
adsl-stop is a shell script which stops the Roaring Penguin user-space PPPoE client. If you omit config_file, the default file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used. AUTHOR
adsl-stop was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>. The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/. SEE ALSO
pppoe(8), adsl-start(8), adsl-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), adsl-setup(8), adsl-status(8), pppoe-sniff(8), pppoe-relay(8), pppoe- server(8) 4th Berkeley Distribution 21 February 2000 ADSL-STOP(8)
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