Thank you. Scales are here: http://imgur.com/a/Pon0V Sure you dont see them? Thats very odd.

Using 'su -u exg85' would require the password for exg85.

Can you log in as exg85 normally? This is very strange. Do you have something like pam, selinux, or sssd/winbind that is stopping users from logging into other users?

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OK, was unaware you don't have root's password. Try this instead;
This will ask for exg85's password before it is run.

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I tried:

su - exg85 -c 'command'

I get:

su: incorrect password

I used my EXACT password for logging in as 'exg85' in linux AND the password for 'exg85' in Win

and yes I can log in normally using 'exg85'

Mine(try this):
Yours:
notice that there isn't a lone - dash like your command. Any difference?

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Using

su -u exg85 -c 'ls'

I get

su: invalid option -- 'u'


Without the 'u' it asks for a password

It can depend on the setting in /etc/pam.d/su resp. su-l and login. Are these different?

You are not root, but could root setup a special case for you: there can several options be configured for sudo (i.e. in /etc/sudoers.d/somefile) which allows to execute just exactly one command as a different user, and only as this user. Or even switch the user automatically when user A issues sudo fubar and it will run always as user B - no password, as long as the actual commandline matches the coded one in /etc/sudoers.d/somefile (use absolute paths to avoid any other behavior). Also an email can always be send if this sudo case is used.

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@Reuti.........They seem different.

Boy, ya'll are some smart cookies! Ya'll must have RHEL certs!

If you run the command as yourself does it work? I mean log in as yourself, not oracle, and run the command. I'm trying to see where the disconnect is as on my system it works and I can run a command as any other user from my personal account.

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I have resolved the issue using scp and a package I had installed called expect. Here is my code:

#!/bin/bash
expect -c "
spawn scp -p file.xlsx exg85@hostname://export/home/exg85/reports/destinationoffile
expect "assword"
send "mypswd\r"
expect "reports]$"
spawn scp -p file2.xlsx exg85@hostname://export/home/exg85/reports/destinationoffile
expect "assword"
send "mypswd\r"
expect "reports]$"
send "exit\r"
interact "

Insecure,yes. I plan on changing the permissions of the script.I appreciate everyone's help. Yes, the admins didn't really address the permissions issue and I apologize to everyone for that. This is a great forum with great people and I hope nobody feels unappreciated!

I used this method before and it seems to work good

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