Linux runuser Command
In this tutorial we learn how to use runuser commmand 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.
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 [options] -u user [[--] command [argument...]]
runuser [options] [-] [user [argument...]]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 runuserTo open info page for runuser command we can use command below.
info runuserTo open help page from runuser command we can run command below.
runuser --helpYou can find runuser command source code from the folowing repositories:
You can read tutorials of related Linux commands below:
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.