Run shell script with su errors

Question

I have a script that is run by root and looks like this

curl -O some stuff
mv it to user guest directory
su - guest -c sh /home/guest/script.sh

Everything works fine until the last su command. It gives me the error

sh: cannot set terminal process group (-1): inappropriate ioctl for device
sh: no job control in this shell

How can I make the user guest execute the script.sh using su?

Francesco · Accepted Answer · 2020-06-12 14:05:27Z

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SYNOPSIS
su [options] [-] [user [argument...]]

You changed the order of the parameters. Try this way:

su -c "/path/to/sh /home/guest/script.sh" - guest

Note the quotes " before the start and after the end of the command. Moreover, I suggest you to use absolute path also for sh.

answered Jun 12, 2020 at 14:05

Francesco

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