Just edit the command to do "sudo - u <user>", see https://www.sudo.ws/man/1.8.3/sudo.man.html
On Wed, Dec 26, 2018, 18:30 Christoffer Bjørk Pedersen <[email protected] wrote: > I'm new to Packer, and it seems awesome so far although I'm running into a > few difficulties. > > I need to create custom Debian images for AWS and Azure. I would like to > use the provisioners to: > > 1. Install some packages, create a custom user and add them to a > group, then > 2. switch to that user to run rbenv and install some gems, so that > they will be associated with that user and group rather than root. > > The first part works fine as > "execute_command": "chmod +x {{ .Path }}; {{ .Vars }} sudo -E sh '{{ > .Path }}'" > > makes me root. Switching to the user for: > > . /etc/profile.d/rbenv.sh > RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--disable-install-doc rbenv install 2.4.1 > > rbenv global 2.4.1 > > fails; if I use the same execute_command then the user remains root, even > with commands like "su user whoami" . Without the execute_command the > Debian user for my base image is admin, and I can't switch with su - user > as I'm not in a terminal. ssh_pty=true doesn't help - it hangs on "exec > bash --login", needed for my $PATH to work. > > Is there a better execute_command I can use to run scripts as my custom > user, or open a different SSH session as my custom user, or some other > workaround? > > Thank you! > > -- > This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - > https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in > violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing > list. > > GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues > IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Packer" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/0f12e319-a7eb-409e-ae63-2e4887effe34%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/0f12e319-a7eb-409e-ae63-2e4887effe34%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- This mailing list is governed under the HashiCorp Community Guidelines - https://www.hashicorp.com/community-guidelines.html. Behavior in violation of those guidelines may result in your removal from this mailing list. GitHub Issues: https://github.com/mitchellh/packer/issues IRC: #packer-tool on Freenode --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Packer" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/packer-tool/CALz9Rt-5tGvVSRdyQSv_9cs29Z5%2B5mWNkpcpj-agGuFrmhPvbw%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
