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Master One

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-01-21

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How to let script run as user by daemon running as root?

As known, NetworkManagerDispatcher is a daemon run by root, executing scripts in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ on interface-status-change.

I want to place a file in that directory which should execute a command as a certain user, precisely it is the command "fusesmb -o allow_other /media/SMB.net", which needs the config file ~/.smb/fusesmb.conf in that users home-dir.

Any idea, how to handle this?

smoon

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Registered: 2005-08-22

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Re: How to let script run as user by daemon running as root?

You could try something like

su username - -c "fusesmb -o allow_other /media/SMB.net"

Master One

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From: Europe

Registered: 2007-01-21

Posts: 249

Re: How to let script run as user by daemon running as root?

Thanks, smoon, it's now working as supposed to, although the correct command is:

su - username -c "fusesmb -o allow_other /media/SMB.net"

(Don't know, why the order of the "-" is important, but it's only working this way, not the other way around)