runuser:tldr:fc57f
runuser: Specify a shell for running instead of the default shell (also works for login).
$ runuser ${user} -s ${-bin-sh}
try on your machine
The runuser
command is used to run a command as a specified user. In this case, ${user}
is a placeholder for the name of the user.
The -s
option specifies the shell to be used for running the command. ${-bin-sh}
is a placeholder for the path to the preferred shell, such as /bin/sh
. The -bin-sh
is likely a typo, and it should be ${bin_sh}
or ${/bin/sh}
instead.
So, the command runuser ${user} -s ${-bin-sh}
would run a command as the specified user, using the specified shell. However, since there is a typo in the placeholder for the shell path, it would result in an error.
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.