su command question

[Mario Vukelic]

On Sat, 2008-07-05 at 08:15 +0100, Alan Milnes wrote:
> 
> He could do but it's just a long winded way of doing what I suggested!

It seems to me that it depends on what he really wants. What you
suggested makes the script run as root, my suggestion makes it run as
another user. 

Following the principle of least privilege, I would suggest not running
as root unless absolutely required.