Trying to execute commands as a different user with su <user> -c <code> doesn't always work

[TadejDragojlovic]

I've been trying to get this to work but with no particular success:

capslock = layer(l1)

[capslock]
x = command(su <user> -c spotify)

After updating the default.conf and restarting the service, utilizing this action doesn't result in anything. I've tried making it work without switching users but some applications couldn't be simply ran as root.

However, I tried stopping the service and manually starting the keyd to see what would happen.
sudo keyd
Utilizing the 'command()' action now works without a problem and command spotify executes without the problem when pressing assigned keys.
Is there any way I can achieve the successful execution of this command when the keyd.service is ran?

Thank you!

[rvaiya]

capslock = layer(l1)

should be

capslock = layer(capslock)

unless you have defined l1 somewhere else.

x = command(su <user> -c spotify)

I would strongly recommend against doing this. You should map programs like this inside of your window manager or desktop environment. If you are on a single user machine and know what you are doing (e.g have set DISPLAY appropriately, etc) then you might want to try something like this

command(su <user> -c spotify > /tmp/log 2>&1)

to see what is going wrong.

[TadejDragojlovic]

Setting the DISPLAY variable does the trick. Appreciate it, thank you so much!