gnome-terminal will not execute commands after a su (switch user) command
 

Hello!
I am executing: gnome-terminal --execute su - ..... --execute cd /home/test

After the gnome-panel executes the su to another profile it ignores any later execute commands. Is there anyway to execute commands after a switch user command?

Thanks!

Can you do what you wish using sudo as opposed to su?

No.

Check the manual page again:

Only one --execute option is allowed because everything after the first one is ignored by gnome-terminal.

So if you are using su instead of sudo then you'll need to pay attention to the -c option.

See

It's not a good idea to use either su or sudo in a big desktop environment like gnome. These desktops are held together by a slew of XDG environmental variables that can get corrupted if they are exposed to root ownership. Use gksudo instead.

Adding the -H option in sudo should do the same.