RUNUSER(1)			User Commands			   RUNUSER(1)



NAME
       runuser	-  run a shell with substitute user and group IDs, similar to
       su, but will not prompt for password.

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

DESCRIPTION
       Change the effective user id and group id to that of USER.

       -, -l, --login
	      make the shell a login shell

       -c, --commmand=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.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie, Dan Walsh.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 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 PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO
       Since this command is trimmed down version of su use you can  use  the
       su  manual.   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 su

       should give you access to the complete manual.



runuser (coreutils) 5.2.1	September 2004			   RUNUSER(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. su
2. id
3. make
4. login
5. csh
6. reset
7. as
8. display
9. free
10. info