How to login as another user and then log out in bash script?
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The simplest way is to make the stuff that has to run as the other user a separate script and invoke it with the "-c" option in su, like su -c otherscript userid
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You may be able to do that as a "here script" with << EOF
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Neuquino almost 2 years
I need to write a bash script to do something as another user and then return to the initial user...
Suppose I run the following as root:
#!/bin/bash USER=zaraza su - "${USER}" #do some stuff as zaraza ________ #here I should logout zaraza #continue doing things as root
In the console I should write "exit", but in bash is a keyword and it exits the script...
Thanks in advance,