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.TH RUNAS 8 "$Date: 2006/10/04 04:08:40 $"
.SH NAME
runas
\- execute a program as some user
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B runas user command
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B runas
allows the superuser to execute some command under a different uid
without explicitly changing to that uid.
.SH EXAMPLES
.B runas
is useful to execute meta1 programs under a specific uid,
for example
.nf
# runas smxq /usr/libexec/mailq
.fi
.SH SEE ALSO
createmap(8),
meta1(8),
mailq(8).
.SH CAVEATS
.B runas
must
.B not
be installed with set-user-id priviliges!