runuser man page on YellowDog
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RUNUSER(1) User Commands RUNUSER(1)
NAME
runuser - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs, similar to
su, but will not run PAM hooks
SYNOPSIS
runuser [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...]
DESCRIPTION
Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER. No PAM
hooks are run, and there will be no password prompt. This command is
useful when run as the root user. If run as a non-root user without
privilege to set user ID, the command will fail.
-, -l, --login
make the shell a login shell
-c, --commmand=COMMAND
pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c
-f, --fast
pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)
-g, --group=GROUP
specify the primary group
-G, --supp-group=GROUP
specify a supplemental group
-m, --preserve-environment
do not reset environment variables
-p same as -m
-s, --shell=SHELL
run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it
--help display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
A mere - implies -l. If USER not given, assume root.
AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie, Dan Walsh.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is
NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
SEE ALSO
Since this command is trimmed down version of su use you can use the su
manual. The full documentation for su is maintained as a Texinfo man‐
ual. If the info and su programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info coreutils su
should give you access to the complete manual.
runuser (coreutils) 5.2.1 September 2004 RUNUSER(1)
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