runuser

RUNUSER(1)                       User Commands                      RUNUSER(1)

NAME

       runuser  -  run  a shell with substitute user and group IDs, similar to
       su, but will not prompt for password.

SYNOPSIS

       runuser [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION

       Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER.

       -, -l, --login
              make the shell a login shell

       -c, --commmand=COMMAND
              pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c

       -f, --fast
              pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)

       -m, --preserve-environment
              do not reset environment variables

       -p     same as -m

       -s, --shell=SHELL
              run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

       A mere - implies -l.   If USER not given, assume root.

AUTHOR

       Written by David MacKenzie, Dan Walsh.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is
       NO  warranty;  not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       Since this command is trimmed down version of su use you can use the su
       manual.   The full documentation for su is maintained as a Texinfo man-
       ual.  If the info and su programs are properly installed at your  site,
       the command

              info coreutils su

       should give you access to the complete manual.



runuser (coreutils) 5.2.1       September 2004                      RUNUSER(1)