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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!netnews.upenn.edu!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!tackle!irbs!jc From: jc@irbs.UUCP (John Capo) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: "su" for one command Message-ID: <520@irbs.UUCP> Date: 3 Dec 93 22:43:17 GMT References: <2dkb8a$hoq@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> Organization: Irbs Engineering Lines: 15 In article <2dkb8a$hoq@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu> vax@sylvester.cc.utexas.edu (Vax) writes: >Under BSD Unixes, how does one go about executing a single command >as another user? I have been unsuccessful in applying the standard: >"su foo command". It simply ignores the command. Is there a proper way >to do this? Do you use a "here" document? Can you nest them? > echo command | su works very well. Has this always been BSD style behavior as opposed to SysV/SunOS behavior which lets you do su command or su somebody command? jcapo@netcom.com