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cron.d script that switches users in order to provide the called script with env vars
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cron.d.example.sh
#Debian/Ubuntu
0 2 * * * root su --command="./my-script.sh" other-user -l
#RHEL/Fedora/Amazon AMI
0 2 * * * root su --session-command="./my-script.sh" other-user -l
#Install Script
echo " 0 2 * * * root su --session-command=\"./my-script.sh\" other-user -l" | sudo tee /etc/cron.d/my-crond-script
chmod 0644 /etc/cron.d/my-crond-script
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four43 commented May 27, 2015

NOTE: Environment variables for the user must go in ~/.profile, not ~/.bashrc. bashrc is only loaded when a new terminal session is created.

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