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Asked: 2026-05-22T19:42:12+00:00

How can we set environment variables for another user on a machine? I want

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How can we set environment variables for another user on a machine? I want to run some script with sudo -u xyz but I need to set some environment variables before running the script for xyz user which is different from my login.

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  1. Editorial Team

    From the env(1) man page:

    NAME
       env - run a program in a modified environment

SYNOPSIS
       env [OPTION]... [-] [NAME=VALUE]... [COMMAND [ARG]...]

DESCRIPTION
       Set each NAME to VALUE in the environment and run COMMAND.
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