From 3a99f9cb6ff2cddcfcb38b3092f541a29426ba05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anmol26s <github@datamol.org>
Date: Wed, 1 May 2019 19:31:14 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Fix composer

---
 scripts/_common.sh | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/_common.sh b/scripts/_common.sh
index 775d63a..2d0da4d 100644
--- a/scripts/_common.sh
+++ b/scripts/_common.sh
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@ pkg_dependencies="openssl php-mbstring  php-curl php-mysql php-ldap php-zip php-
 # EXPERIMENTAL HELPERS
 #=================================================
 
+# Execute a command as another user
+# usage: exec_as USER COMMAND [ARG ...]
+exec_as() {
+  local USER=$1
+  shift 1
+
+  if [[ $USER = $(whoami) ]]; then
+    eval $@
+  else
+    # use sudo twice to be root and be allowed to use another user
+    sudo sudo -u "$USER" $@
+  fi
+}
+
+
 # Execute a composer command from a given directory
 # usage: composer_exec AS_USER WORKDIR COMMAND [ARG ...]
 exec_composer() {