On Sun, 2003-07-06 at 16:20, Johan Scheepers wrote:
> Hi,
> Sometimes while  being a user you need to do a command that only su can do.
> While stdying su it seems there is a way to do this. I have problems to make
> some work.
> 
> su -c gedit root foo
>   opens gedit in su mode not as foo but as untitled - you can save it as
> foo.
> 
> su -c ./foo root
> This runs the script.
> 
> su -c cp root foo foo1
> this does not work - complains and needs more than I can provide - do not
> know what.
> 
> su -c shutdown root -r now
> Does not work - complains -r wrong option.
> 
> now su command construction something like this...
> su [option] [-] [user] [ARG]
> 
> It would be really nice to do complex commands.
> Please what am I missing
> Thanks
> Johan
> 
> May this be a good day for learning

Try:

su -c 'your command within quotes'

Adolfo


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