How to run programs as a different user via doas

Date: 2022-11-28

Command Reference

export main_user=grencez
export delegate_user=grencez-for-games
export command="echo hello world"

Create User

sudo -E su
useradd -g $(id -g -n "${main_user}") --shell /bin/false "${delegate_user}"
printf "permit nopass %s as %s\n" "${main_user}" "${delegate_user}" >"/etc/doas.d/${delegate_user}.conf"
# If the above command failed, append to /etc/doas.conf instead:
#   printf "permit nopass %s as %s\n" "${main_user}" "${delegate_user}" >>"/etc/doas.conf"
exit

Run

doas -u ${delegate_user} $command

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