#Linux foobar alternative update
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Summary: runuser vs su vs sudo vs pkexec Table 1 (vertical scrolling needed) CommandĪs runuser doesn’t run auth and account PAM hooks, it runs with lower overhead than su.

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The syntax is as follows:įig.03 – In addition, the authentication dialog presented to the user will display the full path to the program to be executed so the user is aware of what will happen. It allows a Linux user to change the current user account associated with the running console or shell provided that you know the target user’s password. The su command allows you to become a super user or substitute user, spoof user, set user or switch user. Run a Linux command with substitute user and group ID using ‘su command’ -u username : Run command as given username to get around ‘su -‘ or ‘sudo’ limit.Ģ.-m : Do not reset environment variables.-session-command=COMMAND : Pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c and do not create a new session.-c COMMAND : Pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c.-G group : Specify a supplemental group.

-l user_login_name : Make the shell a login shell, uses runuser-l PAM file instead of default one.

# runuser -u www-data - php7 /app/maintenance/update.php The runuser command options

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# runuser -u www-data - composer update -no-dev To get around this try the following syntax: Sometimes sudo or su will give following error: # runuser -l apache -c 'cd /nfs/No password is required to use runuser command and it must be run by root user only. # runuser -l apache -c 'ls -l /nfs/wwwroot//http/'

However, apache user is allowed to browse or access nfs based system mouted at /nfs/wwwroot//http/: Sample outputs: -bash: cd: /nfs/wwwroot//http/: Permission denied Sometime, a root user can not browse NFS mounted share due to permission (security) issue: Runuser -l userNameHere -c '/path/to/command arg1 arg2'įor example, as a root user you may want to check shell resource limits for oracle user, enter:Ĭheck nginx or lighttpd web server limitations: