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I have to run a bash script as root. But in this script, there are commands that I have to run as my normal user (he's named "ubuntu"), but when doing it I don't want the current working directory to change.



Things that I tried, but doesn't perfectly work :



Let's say that I am in a folder : /var/www and that I am in super user mode.



-u





  • sudo -u ubuntu pwd gives me /var/www, which is nice.

  • But sudo -u ubuntu which composer gives me nothing, which is bad.


-i -u





  • sudo -i -u ubuntu which composer gives me /home/ubuntu/bin/composer which is nice.

  • But sudo -i -u ubuntu pwd gives me /home/ubuntu which is bad.


I also tried to add a -H, or -s but it doesn't help in any way.



What kind of options or tricks could I use to achieve this ?










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    What are you trying to achieve exactly? Like if you're trying to call /home/ubuntu/bin/composer, you could call it by the full path, /home/ubuntu/bin/composer.

    – wjandrea
    Jan 21 at 17:18











  • Not exactly, cause I have to execute this script on several machines. And composer won't be stored at the same place every time. But on all machine, I have a user called ubuntu that have a command called composer.

    – Motiss
    2 days ago
















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I have to run a bash script as root. But in this script, there are commands that I have to run as my normal user (he's named "ubuntu"), but when doing it I don't want the current working directory to change.



Things that I tried, but doesn't perfectly work :



Let's say that I am in a folder : /var/www and that I am in super user mode.



-u





  • sudo -u ubuntu pwd gives me /var/www, which is nice.

  • But sudo -u ubuntu which composer gives me nothing, which is bad.


-i -u





  • sudo -i -u ubuntu which composer gives me /home/ubuntu/bin/composer which is nice.

  • But sudo -i -u ubuntu pwd gives me /home/ubuntu which is bad.


I also tried to add a -H, or -s but it doesn't help in any way.



What kind of options or tricks could I use to achieve this ?










share|improve this question




















  • 1





    What are you trying to achieve exactly? Like if you're trying to call /home/ubuntu/bin/composer, you could call it by the full path, /home/ubuntu/bin/composer.

    – wjandrea
    Jan 21 at 17:18











  • Not exactly, cause I have to execute this script on several machines. And composer won't be stored at the same place every time. But on all machine, I have a user called ubuntu that have a command called composer.

    – Motiss
    2 days ago














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I have to run a bash script as root. But in this script, there are commands that I have to run as my normal user (he's named "ubuntu"), but when doing it I don't want the current working directory to change.



Things that I tried, but doesn't perfectly work :



Let's say that I am in a folder : /var/www and that I am in super user mode.



-u





  • sudo -u ubuntu pwd gives me /var/www, which is nice.

  • But sudo -u ubuntu which composer gives me nothing, which is bad.


-i -u





  • sudo -i -u ubuntu which composer gives me /home/ubuntu/bin/composer which is nice.

  • But sudo -i -u ubuntu pwd gives me /home/ubuntu which is bad.


I also tried to add a -H, or -s but it doesn't help in any way.



What kind of options or tricks could I use to achieve this ?










share|improve this question
















I have to run a bash script as root. But in this script, there are commands that I have to run as my normal user (he's named "ubuntu"), but when doing it I don't want the current working directory to change.



Things that I tried, but doesn't perfectly work :



Let's say that I am in a folder : /var/www and that I am in super user mode.



-u





  • sudo -u ubuntu pwd gives me /var/www, which is nice.

  • But sudo -u ubuntu which composer gives me nothing, which is bad.


-i -u





  • sudo -i -u ubuntu which composer gives me /home/ubuntu/bin/composer which is nice.

  • But sudo -i -u ubuntu pwd gives me /home/ubuntu which is bad.


I also tried to add a -H, or -s but it doesn't help in any way.



What kind of options or tricks could I use to achieve this ?







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  • 1





    What are you trying to achieve exactly? Like if you're trying to call /home/ubuntu/bin/composer, you could call it by the full path, /home/ubuntu/bin/composer.

    – wjandrea
    Jan 21 at 17:18











  • Not exactly, cause I have to execute this script on several machines. And composer won't be stored at the same place every time. But on all machine, I have a user called ubuntu that have a command called composer.

    – Motiss
    2 days ago














  • 1





    What are you trying to achieve exactly? Like if you're trying to call /home/ubuntu/bin/composer, you could call it by the full path, /home/ubuntu/bin/composer.

    – wjandrea
    Jan 21 at 17:18











  • Not exactly, cause I have to execute this script on several machines. And composer won't be stored at the same place every time. But on all machine, I have a user called ubuntu that have a command called composer.

    – Motiss
    2 days ago








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1





What are you trying to achieve exactly? Like if you're trying to call /home/ubuntu/bin/composer, you could call it by the full path, /home/ubuntu/bin/composer.

– wjandrea
Jan 21 at 17:18





What are you trying to achieve exactly? Like if you're trying to call /home/ubuntu/bin/composer, you could call it by the full path, /home/ubuntu/bin/composer.

– wjandrea
Jan 21 at 17:18













Not exactly, cause I have to execute this script on several machines. And composer won't be stored at the same place every time. But on all machine, I have a user called ubuntu that have a command called composer.

– Motiss
2 days ago





Not exactly, cause I have to execute this script on several machines. And composer won't be stored at the same place every time. But on all machine, I have a user called ubuntu that have a command called composer.

– Motiss
2 days ago










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