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Old 07-02-2006
Help. Script problem
hey guys. i have a bunch of programs in a script that needs to run as root and the rest as another user, we'll call him gabriel.

now, in this script, i want to run the first few lines as root. now, how do i, after running as root, tell the script to run the remaining lines as the user gabriel?


the script is set up a lil something like this. and this is just an example


who
uptime
vmstat -s 2 4
su - gabriel <=== is this the right way to tell the script to run the below commands as user gabriel?
ls -l /var/tmp
cat /var/tmp/getlost
Terrible
# 2  
Old 07-02-2006
The problem is that you remain logged in as gabriel when script is done.
Better use
sudo -u gabriel \
ls -l /var/tmp;\
cat /var/tmp/getlost
# 3  
Old 07-02-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hitori
The problem is that you remain logged in as gabriel when script is done.
Better use
sudo -u gabriel \
ls -l /var/tmp;\
cat /var/tmp/getlost
keep in mind all of this runs in a file. i'm not running them from the command line.

so basically your saying the below will work? (keep in mind, this is all running from a file, not the command line)


who
uptime
vmstat -s 2 4
sudo -u gabriel \
ls -l /var/tmp;\
cat /var/tmp/getlost
Terrible
# 4  
Old 07-02-2006
Smilie try it to be shure
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