Root execute command as a normal user

carlosjf · 01-29-2009, 07:58 PM

Normal users can execute as command as root using sudo.
My question is, how can root execute something as a normal user.
In the following example, if I execute as root "sudo -u user whoami"
the program whoami replies with root. I'm guessing there must be another way..

Thanks in advance..

-Carlos

chrism01 · 01-29-2009, 08:03 PM

These work:

Code:

su -c <cmd> <user>

Code:

sudo -u <user> <cmd>

carlosjf · 01-29-2009, 08:10 PM

That worked..
Thanks chrism01

-Carlos

digilifellc · 04-01-2011, 09:14 AM

I have a similar situation. Running Arch, I need to run a command in rc.local as the local user. How do I do this?

tredegar · 04-01-2011, 09:46 AM

Try something like this

Code:

# Start a vnc server as the user install
su - install -c "cd /home/install && vncserver -geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 :1"

digilifellc · 04-01-2011, 06:41 PM

Thanks for the help, but I found the answer myself: Autostart for Openbox