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Old Jan 28th, 2008, 6:35 PM   #1
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Switch User

I need to switch users while performing a task, I am trying to do this with the following:
echo "pass" | sudo -u user | ls

However I can't seem to escape the prompt for the password, is there a way for this prompt not show up?
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