Star Liu wrote: > currently i'm the root user, but I need to execute a command as > another user named postgres, I can do it in 2 commands, and it works > fine. > ----------- > su postgres > postgres -D ~/data > ~/log/logfile 2>&1 & > ----------- > but i hope I can do it in one command, so I tried this > --------------- > su -c "postgres -D ~/data > ~/log/logfile 2>&1 &" postgres
What error does that give? > ---------------- > but it doesn't work. what's wrong with it? or any other command to > realize it? thanks The sudo command is an alternative that comes to mind. - Chris Burkhardt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]