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+[[Bash]] [[Temporary set permissions with which new files are created]]
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+Using `sudo` we can execute commands as other users, most commonly as the root user. When passing `-u` switch we can specify different users.
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+When the command involves output redirection it is common to pass the entire command to a shell executed as that user: `sudo -u user bash -c 'command > redirect'`.
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+## Why do I get "command not found" as I execute with another user?
+This can be because `sudo` normally discards the environment. Passing the `-i` switch makes sudo "login" which causes `.profile` et al to be sourced, thus configuring the user environment.
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