Executing command in bash script as a different user?
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Executing command in bash script as a different user?
I'm running a bash script as root and want to execute a command in the script as a different user. The lines of interest in the script are below. If I copy and paste the results of the echo to my command line, the script runs as the other user. But If I run the script, the command never executes and no errors are logged to the screen.
[root@hyper ~]# cat homer.ksh
#!/bin/bash
echo su - schneidz -c 'whoami':
su - schneidz -c 'whoami'
echo su - schneidz -c '$c':
c=whoami
su - schneidz -c '$c'
[root@hyper ~]# ./homer.ksh
su - schneidz -c whoami:
schneidz
su - schneidz -c $c:
i think the single quotes are preventing the value of the variable from being expanded so the script is trying to run it literally (i'm surprised its not returning '$c': command not found to stderr).
No, I simply see the command I am trying to run echoed to the screen and then my script exits (since it's the last line of the script). When I copy paste the exact command that was echoed, it runs.
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