Re: How do I run a program as it's owner?
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On Wed, Oct 01, 2003 at 01:25:33PM -0400, Dan Anderson wrote:
> I know there is some way to allow a program to run with permissions of
> it's owner (i.e. root) but I forget how to do this. What am I
> forgetting?
suid. chmod u+s filename
> Also, if I create a crontab file, will all programs run as nobody or
> with the permissions of the owner? And is it possible to see whether or
> not a crontab entry was successful by viewing a log of some kind?
What are you trying to acheive?
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