Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:20:42 -1000 From: "Wai Chan" <waichan@hpu.edu> To: "Ben Weaver" <sid67@tranquility.net>, <gerti-freebsdq@bitart.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Starting process as different user via rc Message-ID: <LNEJKGADPHKMLOFLNLFLOEHLEAAA.waichan@hpu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20010111033251.A4075@tranquility.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
You could use: su - username -c "/path/command" good luck! Wai -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Ben Weaver Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 11:33 PM To: gerti-freebsdq@bitart.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Starting process as different user via rc You could make a wrapper for it... -Ben On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 02:26:39AM -0600, Gerd Knops wrote: > Hi, > > Is there a way (eg a small utility or some such) that would allow a > process/script to be started from rc using a different UID than root? > SUID would be a poor solution in the case I have in mind. > > Gerd > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?LNEJKGADPHKMLOFLNLFLOEHLEAAA.waichan>