[chef] Re: Can't seem to run command in bash resource as another user?

[Nico Kadel-Garcia < >]

Try working with the "runuser" command on Linux systems, if you need to. But 
I thought the bash resource supported designating a user to run the script as 
directly, for just this sort of thing?

Nico Kadel-Garcia
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> On Jul 21, 2015, at 15:07, "o haya" 
> <
 >
>  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to implement a recipe for installing an application, but I have 
> to run the installer .bin file (in the /tmp/app) as a specific user 
> "appuser",
> 
> I'm doing this in a bash resource, and have tried:
> 
> bash 'xxx" do
>   cwd "/tmp/app"
>   code <<EOH
>     su - appuser
>     ./app.bin.......
>   EOH
> end
> 
> But that doesn't seem to be work (I get an explicit error from the app in 
> the bash resource saying that I have to not be root when I run the app).
> 
> I've tried some things I've found from googling, such as:
> 
> bash "installxxxx" do
>   user "appuser"
>   cwd "/tmp/app"
>   environment ({ 'HOME' => ::Dir.home('appuser'), 'USER' => 'appuser' })
>   code <<-EOH
>      ./app.bin...
>   EOH
> end
> 
> and that if failing because it seems to still be writing some files with 
> "root" ownership, rather than with "appuser" ownership.
> 
> Can someone tell me why this (the "su - appuser" isn't working and also how 
> can I get it to work?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim