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Instead of su, use sudo:
system '/usr/bin/sudo', '-u', $username, '/bin/bash', '-i';
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Re^2: root-owned script needs to "shell out" to bash as a non-privileged user. How?
by mrfirmware (Initiate) on Jan 16, 2013 at 16:51 UTC
    Ok, color me embarrassed. That worked great. Thank you very much.