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
- -g --group=group
- specify the primary group
- -G --supp-group=group
- specify a supplemental group
- -c, --command=COMMAND
- pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c
- --session-command=COMMAND
- pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c and do not create a new session
- -f, --fast
- pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)
- -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 (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. There is NO WARRANTY, to the
extent permitted by law.
SEE ALSO
- More detailed Texinfo documentation could be found by command
- info su invocation
- as command su is very similar to command runuser.
- The full documentation for runuser is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and runuser programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info runuser- should give you access to the complete manual.