@ChuckFinley For everything you want to know about running a command as another user on macOS see https://scriptingosx.com/2020/08/running-a-command-as-another-user/
Hi @ChuckFinley ,
You do not need to use su. Instead you can run the command as mkdir "/Users/$curUser/foo"' and then ditto the content and use chown and chmod to set the permission.
#!/bin/bash
loggedInUser=$( scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )
mkdir /Users/$loggedInUser/foo
ditto <sourcepath> /Users/$loggedInUser/foo/
chown -R root:staff /Users/$loggedInUser/foo
chmod -r 700 /Users/$loggedInUser/foo/
exit 0
Thanks
Hi @ChuckFinley ,
You do not need to use su. Instead you can run the command as mkdir "/Users/$curUser/foo"' and then ditto the content and use chown and chmod to set the permission.
#!/bin/bash
loggedInUser=$( scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )
mkdir /Users/$loggedInUser/foo
ditto <sourcepath> /Users/$loggedInUser/foo/
chown -R root:staff /Users/$loggedInUser/foo
chmod -r 700 /Users/$loggedInUser/foo/
exit 0
Thanks
THANKS! I got the mkdir to work!
One more if I may? Can you do a mv with a variable?
Like if I set
mypath="/Users/$loggedInUser/foo
mv $mypath /Users/Shared/foo2
That doesn't work, It just gives me:
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-hv] source target
I tried variations with "$mypath" and "${mypath}" with no change
mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
like this:
#!/bin/sh
# template script for running a command as user
# The presumption is that this script will be executed as root from a launch daemon
# or from some management agent. To execute a single command as the current user
# you can use the `runAsUser` function below.
# by Armin Briegel - Scripting OS X
#
# sample code for this blog post
# https://scriptingosx.com/2020/08/running-a-command-as-another-user/
# Permission is granted to use this code in any way you want.
# Credit would be nice, but not obligatory.
# Provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied.
# variable and function declarations
export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
# get the currently logged in user
currentUser=$( echo "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | scutil | awk '/Name :/ { print $3 }' )
# global check if there is a user logged in
if [ -z "$currentUser" -o "$currentUser" = "loginwindow" ]; then
echo "no user logged in, cannot proceed"
exit 1
fi
# now we know a user is logged in
# get the current user's UID
uid=$(id -u "$currentUser")
# convenience function to run a command as the current user
# usage:
# runAsUser command arguments...
runAsUser() {
if [ "$currentUser" != "loginwindow" ]; then
launchctl asuser "$uid" sudo -u "$currentUser" "$@"
else
echo "no user logged in"
# uncomment the exit command
# to make the function exit with an error when no user is logged in
# exit 1
fi
}
# main code starts here
runAsUser mv /path/to/directory/to/move /path/to/new/location
exit 0
hope that helps.
M
Thanks. I wanted to work out one more step with the mv as noted above.
I want to be able to define a variable and then use mv $variable /path/to/dest
THANKS! I got the mkdir to work!
One more if I may? Can you do a mv with a variable?
Like if I set
mypath="/Users/$loggedInUser/foo
mv $mypath /Users/Shared/foo2
That doesn't work, It just gives me:
usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-hv] source target
I tried variations with "$mypath" and "${mypath}" with no change
mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory
Hi @ChuckFinley , If you want to merge the content and do no want to replace you can use ditto.
#!/bin/bash
loggedInUser=$( scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )
mkdir -p /Users/$loggedInUser/destination
ditto /Users/$loggedInUser/source /Users/$loggedInUser/destination
chown -R $loggedInUser:staff /Users/$loggedInUser/destination
chmod -R 700 /Users/$loggedInUser/destination
exit 0
mv command should work with variable as well. For ex:
#!/bin/bash
loggedInUser=$( scutil <<< "show State:/Users/ConsoleUser" | awk '/Name :/ && ! /loginwindow/ { print $3 }' )
mypath="/Users/$loggedInUser/foo"
mv $mypath /Users/Shared/foo2/
Thanks
