I need to run two commands linux using java code like this:
Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime();
Process pr=rt.exec("su - test");
String line=null;
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(pr.getInputStream()));
while((line=input.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
}
pr = rt.exec("whoami");
input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(pr.getInputStream()));
line=null;
while((line=input.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(line);
}
int exitVal = pr.waitFor();
System.out.println("Exited with error code "+exitVal);
} catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println(e.toString());
e.printStackTrace();
}
As stated in the Javadoc for Runtime.exec():
Executes the specified string command in a separate process.
each time you execute a command via exec() it will be executed in a separate subprocess. This also means that the effect of su ceases to exist immediately upon return, and that's why the whoami
command will be executed in another subprocess, again using the user that initially launched the program.
su test -c whoami
will give you the result you want.