after su, the script stops working

Question

we are running script the the first command in it is

su (switch user)

and after that other command:

#!/bin/bash
su sys_osrqa
whoami
pwd

but when the script run, it asks for password, and after we enter the password (manually) the script stops and doesn't proceed to the following commands:

Password:
icsl0760>

ant that's it. The commands "whoami" and "pwd"are not executed.

I would not have expected anything else to happen. You need to do this like anyone else: by using sudoers. — Rinzwind, Aug 16 '18 at 10:04
could you edit your question and add what script does and that output? — abu-ahmed al-khatiri, Aug 16 '18 at 10:06
su sys_osrqa will start an interactive shell for user sys_osrqa - control won't return to your script until that shell is exited — steeldriver, Aug 16 '18 at 11:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 16 '18 at 20:26

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su starts an interactive shell. If you want it to run explicit commands, use the -c option. In your case, I think that your script would become:

su -c 'whoami; pwd' sys_osrqa

answered Aug 16 '18 at 20:26

Nick Sillito

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