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runuser:tldr:c6882
runuser: Run command as a different user.
$ runuser ${user} -c '${command}'
try on your machine
The command runuser
is used to run a command as a different user. In this case, ${user}
is a variable that represents the desired user to run the command as.
${command}
is another variable that represents the command that you want to run.
The -c
option is used to specify the command that needs to be executed.
So, when this command is executed, it will run ${command}
as ${user}
.
This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and
never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.