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user37220
Asked: 2015-06-10 06:22:01 +0800 CST

sudo su not working correctly inside a bash script [duplicate]

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I have a script to setup a machine that need to change to another user. Unfortunately, I get a "permission denied" after the su command. 

#!/bin/bash
# script executed from /home/foo/
touch hi_foo
cd /home/bar
sudo bar
touch hi_bar <-- permission denied

Any idea of a workaround? My script works well if I copy and paste it in the command line.

I am running Ubuntu 14.04

bash

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    try:

    #!/bin/bash
# script executed from /home/foo/
touch hi_foo
cd /home/bar
su bar touch hi_bar

    you need to run your script with sudo so the process running your script will have sufficient rights to run su bar command

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