Re: forcing a shell script to run a specific user?

[Mark Blunier <blunier@ocslink.com>]

Previously Charles Menzes (charles@lunarmedia.net):

> is there any way to force a shell script to run as a specific user despite
> who actually initiates it? i know that a chmod 4711 will do what i want on
> cgi scripts running as nobody, however, i am not certain about how this
> could work for shell scripts.

Sure.

su <specific user> <shell script>

But, the only way I know to get this to work, is start as
root.


Mark Blunier


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