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  • Exporting the password into a environment variable is not a good idea. A password shouldn't be in a script or passed to an environment variable. Commented May 25, 2021 at 10:18
  • I understand, but this is a single-user device that is encrypted. Commented May 26, 2021 at 22:17
  • Then why run commands as another user? And how does it benefit you in any way to put the user's password in a script? When running the script as root, you don't need the user's password, therefore you can avoid the horrible practice of putting a password in a script. Commented May 26, 2021 at 23:32
  • The reason it doesn't run as root is because the file-set it's working on isn't owned by root. The files are put there over ssh as a different user. It still needs the password because it's a backup-set which is password encrypted and runs to a schedule. Commented May 28, 2021 at 8:08