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Operating Systems AIX Su loads .profile with argument Post 302955974 by geodimo on Thursday 24th of September 2015 10:42:07 AM
Old 09-24-2015
Su loads .profile with argument

Hello,

Is there any way to su another user and loading its profile with an argument.

For example I am user1 and I want to start user2

user2 .profile is interactive asking user to pass some values

I want to automate a process by switching user and if I pass an argument the interactive work will be skipped.

e.g. something like that
Code:
user1@aix $      su - user2 -c "/home/user2/.profile some_argument"

Is this possible?

Thanks

---------- Post updated at 09:42 AM ---------- Previous update was at 09:34 AM ----------

ok I found that
Code:
su user2 "-c /home/user2/.profile some_argument"

will do the job

is there any way to keep the spawned session instead of returning to the initial (user1 session)?

Last edited by vbe; 09-24-2015 at 12:01 PM.. Reason: code tags
 

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lpstat(1)						      General Commands Manual							 lpstat(1)

Name
       lpstat - printer status information

Syntax
       lpstat [ options ]

Description
       The utility prints the status of the system printers.

       Without any options, prints the status of print requests made to the default printer.

       This command exists for X/OPEN compatibility.

Options
       Some of the options can be followed by a list of arguments.  The arguments must be specified as follows:
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       List  items  can be separated by spaces, but the list must be enclosed in quotes.  If you do not include any arguments, all the information
       relevant to the option is printed.

       The valid options for are:

       -a (R)[ printer1, printer2, ...	(R)]

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       -p (R)[ printer1, printer2, ...	(R)]

	  Print the status of printers.

       -r Print the status of the line printer daemon,

       -s Print a status summary, including the status of the line printer daemon and the default system printer.

       -t Print all status information.

       -u (R)[ user1, user2, ...  (R)]

	  Print the status of users' print requests.

See Also
       lp(1), lpq(1), lpr(1), lpc(8)

																	 lpstat(1)
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