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Diffstat (limited to 'login-utils/runuser.1')
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diff --git a/login-utils/runuser.1 b/login-utils/runuser.1 index e6b9a8e6b..4eecd9c6a 100644 --- a/login-utils/runuser.1 +++ b/login-utils/runuser.1 @@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ security attacks against terminal file descriptors. The all session is also possible to move to background (e.g. "runuser --pty -u username -- command &"). If the pseudo-terminal is enabled then runuser command works as a proxy between the sessions (copy stdin and stdout). +.sp +This feature is mostly designed for interactive sessions. If the standard input +is not a terminal, but for example pipe (e.g. echo "date" | runuser --pty -u user) +than ECHO flag for the pseudo-terminal is disabled to avoid messy output. .TP .BR \-m , " \-p" , " \-\-preserve\-environment" Preserve the entire environment, i.e. it does not set |