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I have created a user.

useradd -M -d /usr/my_user my_user chown -R my_user. /usr/my_user

Now as a root I can type:

su - my_user -c /usr/my_user/some_dir/script.sh

but if I want to do more complicated things, for example navigate between my_user folders I have to type the su - my_user pattern every time. Otherwise it states that I do not have permissions.

How can I make my life easier and not type the su every time?

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    Why would you create a user and not log in as that user? Set a password for my_user and log in. Doing everything as root like you suggest is never a good idea. Commented Oct 5, 2016 at 18:42

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It sounds like you can use a group.

groupadd my_group usermod -G my_group my_self usermod -G my_group my_user chown -R my_user:my_group /usr/my_user chmod -R g+w /usr/my_user

Then you can login as my_selfand have access to /usr/my_user in the same way my_user can.

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In order to fully switch context between users you have to provide following command

su my_user
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