Run a command for a non root user with su

ths · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2002 Posts: 2

Hello,

at boottime I want to start a daemon, which should not run as root.
Normally I d this with
su <user> <command>
or
su - <user> <command>
But this doesn't work with my gentoo 1.2
I only get for the command:
<command>: <command_with_path>: cannot execute binary file

Does anybody know how to solve this problem ?

regards,

ths
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Thomas Scheuermann
Karlsdorf Germany

reves · Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2002 11:35 pm Post subject:

I beleive it should be

zhenlin · Veteran Joined: 09 Nov 2002 Posts: 1361

I believe it should be su - -c 'command'. Notice the quotes.

Or, if you have sudo, you might want to try that... No messing around with the quotes, although you might have to set NOPASSWD: ALL for root.

reves · Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2002 3:25 pm Post subject:

darktux · Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2002 5:17 pm Post subject:

Is it too hard to do make su? I mean... jiz...

puddpunk · l33t Joined: 20 Jul 2002 Posts: 681 Location: New Zealand

ths · n00b Joined: 14 Nov 2002 Posts: 2

Hello,

thanks for your help.

su - <user> -c <command>

was the thing I searched. My manpage on gentoo didn't
tell me anything about this.

Thanks for your help

ths
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Thomas Scheuermann
Karlsdorf Germany

Stormmind · Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:18 am Post subject:

Can someone tell me why I can't su on my computer?
When I try "su -" for instance, I get Permission denied.
The password is correct. "su - root" does the same.
The only way I'm allowed to connect is either through
a login prompt or an ssh-session.

// Storm

Sassur · Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2002 10:51 am Post subject:

Is the user witch you try to "su -" with a member of the wheel group?
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reves · Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2002 7:03 am Post subject: