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Balualways
Balualways

Reputation: 4510

How to sudo as a different user inside a script?

I have a wrapper script which calls two scripts aaa.sh and bbb.sh. These two scripts should be executed as different users as

sudo -H -u user1

. /user/bin/scripts/aaa.sh

sudo -H -u user1

. /user/bin/scripts/bbb.sh

but the sudo command can't be executed inside a script. Need help...

Upvotes: 1

Views: 7353

Answers (3)

Anant
Anant

Reputation: 81

sudo can be used only if the user name is mapped in /etc/sudoers file as mentioned above. But he may not have the complete priveleges as compared to su user.

Upvotes: 0

TomaszK
TomaszK

Reputation: 435

sudo can be used inside a script, but is the user that executes this script actually allowed to use sudo? Check your /etc/sudoers file.

Upvotes: 0

Brandon
Brandon

Reputation: 128

If you just want to switch users, you should use 'su' not sudo, right?

su user1 -c ./user/bin/scripts/aaa.sh

(that is unless you actually do need elevated privileges)

Upvotes: 1

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