Re: Intent to package runas...
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Philippe Troin wrote:
: Michael Bramer wrote:
:
: > Hello
: >
: > From the Readme:
: > # Runas is a program that allows the super-user to run a program as if
: > # an ordinary user ran it. There are two main uses for runas, and both relate
: > # to security.
: > #
: > # One is to allow the super-user to execute a binary given by an
: > # un-trusted user. Suppose the program is /usr/smith/program. The super-user
: > # simply creates a dummy account, say one called 'nobody' which doesn't have
: > # sufficient privileges to do any harm (the account needn't have login
: > # capability). The super-user can then do:
: > #
: > # 'runas nobody /usr/smith/program'
:
: Out of my head, this is a runas clone:
: #!/bin/sh
: user=$1
: shift
: exec su -c "'$@'" $user
Or, `sudo -u user "command"'
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