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Subject: su vs runuser
From: Ted Toth <txtoth@gmail.com>
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I've read that I should use runuser instead of su and I was having a problem
getting a script to transition properly until I changed it to use runuser
but I'm not clear on why this is. Can someone help me with an elevator
speech that I can use when trying to explain this to others?

Ted

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I&#39;ve read that I should use runuser instead of su and I was having a pr=
oblem getting a script to transition properly until I changed it to use run=
user but I&#39;m not clear on why this is. Can someone help me with an elev=
ator speech that I can use when trying to explain this to others?<br>
<br>Ted<br>

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