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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: GNU su source?
Date: 30 Sep 1995 16:19:41 +0100
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Pete Kruckenberg (pete@inquo.net) wrote:
: I'm curious where I might pick up the GNU version of su, which allows me
: to specify a shell command to be executed when su executes. The su that
: comes with FreeBSD 2.0.5R doesn't support this feature, whereas the one
: that comes with Linux (GNU su) allows a "-c" parameter.
: If there is a way to su and execute a command with the current version of
: su, please let me know. I need to use this with INN1.4unoff2 to have it
: execute as user "news" instead of as root.
: Pete Kruckenberg
: pete@inquo.net
You can always set up a .profile for user news. This profile runs your
script. You then type
su -l news
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....