Bash dropping out of sudo in a script

Question

I need to execute an install script using sudo, but towards the end of the script, the script needs to drop out of sudo and continue as the regular user.

Example:

sudo ./install.sh

script runs and does what it needs to as root

su myscriptuser
service myscript start

Basically, the service myscript start needs to be run by the regular user, not by root.

SzG · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-12 20:32:22Z

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su myscriptuser starts another shell in the name of myscriptuser and waits until it exits. Then it proceeds to run service myscript start in the name of root again.

What you need instead of the last 2 commands is sudo:

sudo -u myscriptuser service myscript start

answered Feb 12, 2015 at 20:32

SzG

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