Bash script as root problem

[Nils Kassube]

Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 17 March 2013 07:47:49 Colin Law did opine:
> > On 17 March 2013 00:19, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 16 March 2013 20:18:40 Bill K. Dengler did opine:

> > >> su -c "command_7" $USER

> > > Wrong syntax Bill, its
> > > su user -c "command_7"

> > man su says
> > su [options] [username]

> Go ahead.  Try it Colin, I'll wait. ;)
> 
> BTDT, the man page is incomplete and has been so for nearly 15 years.

I'm not Colin, but this is what I get:

# echo $USER
root
# su nils -c 'echo $USER'
nils
# su -c 'echo $USER' nils
nils

> Now, if we could just get someone to actually fix the %@$#&@( man page
> so we don't have this argument everytime someone wants run su, not to
> get root, but to get another user from root.  There is a difference.

Hmm, if you have this argument for 15 years I would expect that someone 
told you already that both versions work equally well. :)


Nils