runaspcp(1) — Linux manual page
RUNASPCP(1) General Commands Manual RUNASPCP(1)
NAME
runaspcp - execute a shell command as the user ``pcp''
SYNOPSIS
$PCP_BINADM_DIR/runaspcp [-s shell] command
DESCRIPTION
runaspcp runs the single argument command as the user $PCP_USER
and group $PCP_GROUP (both from /etc/pcp.conf).
The command is run by sh(1) by default, else shell from the -s
(or --shell) command line argument.
Normally runaspcp is used from the PCP ``init'' scripts that are
launched as ``root'' but need to downgrade their privileges when
running some PCP daemons as the ``pcp'' user.
The -?, --help option displays a usage message.
DIAGNOSTICS
The exit status is 1 if runaspcp cannot change user or group, or
cannot execute the shell, else the exit status of command.
PCP ENVIRONMENT
Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to
parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each
installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values
for these variables. The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to
specify an alternative configuration file, as described in
pcp.conf(5).
COLOPHON
This page is part of the PCP (Performance Co-Pilot) project.
Information about the project can be found at
⟨http://www.pcp.io/⟩. If you have a bug report for this manual
page, send it to pcp@groups.io. This page was obtained from the
project's upstream Git repository
⟨https://github.com/performancecopilot/pcp.git⟩ on 2024-06-14.
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