Executing bash commands as another user.md


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tags:
  - bash
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[[Bash]] [[Temporary set permissions with which new files are created]]

Using `sudo` we can execute commands as other users, most commonly as the root user. When passing `-u` switch we can specify different users.

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'`.

## 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.