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From: vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Vax)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: "su" for one command
Date: 2 Dec 1993 03:07:22 -0600
Organization: The University of Texas - Austin
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Under BSD Unixes, how does one go about executing a single command
as another user?  I have been unsuccessful in applying the standard:
"su foo command".  It simply ignores the command.  Is there a proper way
to do this?  Do you use a "here" document?  Can you nest them?

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