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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T20:08:42+00:00 2026-05-26T20:08:42+00:00

Im writing a script that should do this… chroot /chroot_dir/ su – ./startup.sh (This

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Im writing a script that should do this…

chroot /chroot_dir/ su -
./startup.sh (This should run within the su environment)

I have tried this approach:

chroot /chroot_dir /bin/bash -c " su -; ./startup.sh"

This tries to execute the user switching and the script as a string command to bash…however what it does, is it “stops” after
“su -“ and doesnt execute the script.
However, once I leave the “su -” environment, it does try to run startup.sh but of course, it cant find it.

Basically I need to nest the “startup.sh” to be run inside the “su -” environment…

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    2026-05-26T20:08:43+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 8:08 pm

    try

    chroot /chroot_dir /bin/bash -c "su - -c ./startup.sh"
    
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