Linux runuser Command

What is Linux runuser Command?#

In this tutorial we learn how to use runuser command in Linux. runuser command is runuser - run a command with substitute user and group ID. For backward compatibility, runuser defaults to not change the current directory and to only set the environment variables HOME and SHELL (plus USER and LOGNAME if the target user is not root). This version of runuser uses PAM for session management.

runuser Syntax#

runuser [options] -u user [[--] command [argument...]]
runuser [options] [-] [user [argument...]]

runuser Examples#

runuser Command Manual / Help#

We can use man and info command to see the manual page of runuser command. runuser command also have --help option to show list of options.

To open man page for runuser command we can use command below. To exit man or info page you can press q.

man runuser

To open info page for runuser command we can use command below.

info runuser

To open help page from runuser command we can run command below.

runuser --help

Linux runuser Command Source Code#

You can find runuser command source code from the folowing repositories:

• runuser source code on GitHub
• util-linux releases on kernel.org

Related Linux Commands#

You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:

• Linux w Command
• Linux id Command
• Linux who Command

Summary#

In this tutorial we learn how to use runuser in Linux with practical examples. Visit our Linux Commands guide to learn more about using command line interface in Linux.