> From: "Michael Stowe"<mstowe AT chicago.us.mensa DOT org>
>
> The FreeBSD equivalent would be
>
> su -m backuppc -c /bin/sh
>
>

> From: "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky"<backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
>
> Personally, I use 'sudo' -- as in:
>       sudo -u backuppc ....
> Not sure though if sudo is a standard package with freebsd...
>
>

su -m backuppc  
is sufficient in FreeBSD

    alpha# su -m backuppc
    alpha# id
    uid=300(backuppc) gid=300(backuppc) groups=300(backuppc)

Also sudo is available from ports: security/sudo

    alpha# sudo -u backuppc id
    uid=300(backuppc) gid=300(backuppc) groups=300(backuppc)

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