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runuser - run a shell with substitute user and group IDs, similar to su, but will not run PAM hooks

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runuser [OPTION]... [-] [USER [ARG]...]

Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER. No PAM hooks are run, and there will be no password prompt. This command is useful when run as the root user. If run as a non-root user without privilege to set user ID, the command will fail.

-, -l, --login
	make the shell a login shell, uses runuser-l PAM file instead of default one
-g --group=group
	specify the primary group
-G --supp-group=group
	specify a supplemental group
-c, --command=COMMAND
	pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c
-f, --fast	pass -f to the shell (for csh or tcsh)
-m, --preserve-environment
	do not reset environment variables
-p	same as -m
-s, --shell=SHELL
	run SHELL if /etc/shells allows it
--help	display this help and exit
--version
	output version information and exit

A mere - implies -l. If USER not given, assume root.

Written by David MacKenzie.

Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.

Copyright © 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

More detailed Texinfo documentation could be found by command         info su invocation       as command su is very similar to command runuser.
The full documentation for su is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and su programs are properly installed at your site, the command
	info coreutils runuser

should give you access to the complete manual.

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