I want to extract users environment variables via a sh script, and for some reason it is not working.
According to the su man page:
Code:
Example 3: Executing command with user bin's Environment and
Permissions
To execute command with the temporary environment and per-
missions of user bin, type:
example% su - bin -c "command args"
But this doesn't work for me. What I expect to see is /opt/bb/bbhome , But I get nothing
Code:
# su - bb -c "echo $BBHOME"
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002
Operating System Version 5.9.01
#
I can see the settings but I can't extract just one.
Code:
# su - bb -c env
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002
Operating System Version 5.9.01
PWD=/opt/bb
TZ=Australia/Victoria
HZ=
HOSTNAME=s00071
MACHTYPE=sparc-sun-solaris2.9
MAIL=/var/mail/bb
BBHOST=s00071
LARRDHOME=/opt/bb/larrd
LOGNAME=bb
SHLVL=1
SHELL=/bin/bash
HOSTTYPE=sparc
BBHOME=/opt/bb/bbhome
OSTYPE=solaris2.9
HOME=/opt/bb
TERM=xterm
PATH=/opt/bb/bbhome/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb:/etc:.:/usr/ccs/bin
_=/usr/bin/env
#
I want bbhome to be /opt/bb/bbhome and then use bbhome in a script.
Code:
# bbhome=`su - bb -c "env | grep BBHOME"`
# echo $bbhome
Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.9 Generic May 2002 Operating System Version 5.9.01 BBHOME=/opt/bb/bbhome
#
So does anyone know why the -c option in su is not working ?
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