startup-script not as root (google cloud compute, ubuntu 14.04 VM)

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The default of the startup script is to run as root, I need to run the startup script as a specific user (the one used to create the image for the instance). I've tried all possible variations of su, etc, but when specifying that way, execution fails with no output. I might just be missing something stupid, but any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/69628836/10375049 – Marco Cerliani Oct 19 '21 at 10:05 — Marco Cerliani, Oct 19 '21 at 10:05

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 20 '15 at 17:55

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For anyone else having problem and looking for a solution.. I had the same issue. I created another script /opt/c2d/startup-script-user and called it from the default start script using su like this:

su - nonrootuser -c '/opt/c2d/startup-script-user.sh'

answered Dec 20 '15 at 17:55

mumshad

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You have to add new user nonrootuser before use it: useradd nonrootuser – Max Oct 18 '21 at 08:07
nonrootuser could be your main user – AKMalkadi Feb 25 '22 at 06:18

startup-script not as root (google cloud compute, ubuntu 14.04 VM)

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