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Use<br />
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sudo ./mycommand args
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In fact some su are more restrictive about parameters and requires username as last param, try then<br />
su -c &quot;./mycommand arg arg&quot; root<br />

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In fact some su are more restrictive about parameters and requires username as last param, try then
su -c "./mycommand arg arg" root


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I'm new with shell scripting so I may be missing something easy. &nbsp;I'm writing a shell script which I want to su to a different user in my case the root user. &nbsp;The problem is that when I do that it takes control away from the script. &nbsp;Basically all I need to do is run one command as the root user so I decided I could write<br />
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su root -c ./mycommand args<br />
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which doesn't take control away from the script however mycommand now doesn't get the args I pass it. &nbsp;What can I do to fix this???
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I'm new with shell scripting so I may be missing something easy.  I'm writing a shell script which I want to su to a different user in my case the root user.  The problem is that when I do that it takes control away from the script.  Basically all I need to do is run one command as the root user so I decided I could write

su root -c ./mycommand args

which doesn't take control away from the script however mycommand now doesn't get the args I pass it.  What can I do to fix this???

su user -c command -args doesn't accept arguments

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