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We often talk about using gksu, sudo -i and pkexec to run things as root while a normal user but I'm facing the opposite problem today. The script I'm using is running as root. I need it to start a graphical application on a set user's desktop as that user.

I don't want to bomb .Xauthority or any of that, so what's the safest way to accomplish this?

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sudo -i should work in reverse too but you need to state which user you want to run as:

DISPLAY=:0 sudo -i -u oli zenity --info --text "Oh hai!"
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    If you're root, you don't need sudo, because you have all the rights to use su to any user. Moreover, sudoers may forbid root to run sudo.
    – Ruslan
    Jun 19, 2014 at 15:08

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