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RUNUSER(1)			 User Commands			    RUNUSER(1)

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

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

DESCRIPTION
       Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER.   Only  ses‐
       sion  PAM hooks are run, and there is no password prompt.  This command
       is useful only when run as the root user.  If run as  a	non-root  user
       without	privilege  to set user ID, the command will fail as the binary
       is not setuid.  As runuser doesn't run auth and account PAM  hooks,  it
       runs with lower overhead than su.

       -, -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

       --session-command=COMMAND
	      pass a single COMMAND to the shell with -c and do not  create  a
	      new session

       -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.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie, Dan Walsh.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is	 free  software.   You may redistribute copies of it under the
       terms	  of	  the	   GNU	    General	  Public       License
       <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.	 There	is NO WARRANTY, to the
       extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       More detailed Texinfo documentation could be found by command

	    info coreutils 'su invocation'

       since the command runuser is trimmed down version of command su.

       The full documentation for runuser is maintained as a  Texinfo  manual.
       If  the	info and runuser programs are properly installed at your site,
       the command

	      info runuser

       should give you access to the complete manual.

runuser 5.97			  March 2012			    RUNUSER(1)

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