From 69ddc4592be8122630130eda748ccaf85f4355a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jean-Baptiste Holcroft <jean-baptiste@holcroft.fr>
Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 18:48:06 +0200
Subject: Add helpers (multi-file systemd and exec_as)

---
 scripts/_common.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

(limited to 'scripts/_common.sh')

diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index dce035f..7d4f823 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+
+# Execute a command as another user
+# usage: exec_as USER COMMAND [ARG ...]
+exec_as() {
+	local user=$1
+	shift 1
+
+	if [[ $user = $(whoami) ]]; then
+		eval "$@"
+	else
+		sudo --login --user="$user" "$@"
+	fi
+}
+
 #=================================================
 #
 # POSTGRES HELPERS
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