On Sunday 07 March 2021 15:13:58 Roger Price wrote: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2021, Tim Dawson wrote: > > Su asks for nothing if executed as root . . . it already knows it > > has authority, so simply changes the user id the command is run as > > (as I recall, with "-c" to run a script). > > > > - Tim > > Then « su -c "/usr/local/bin/myscript" nut » looks like the best > choice. Roger
Does that syntax work? I've always used: su username -c "nano file to be edited" Curious... Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Nut-upsuser mailing list [email protected] https://alioth-lists.debian.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nut-upsuser
