Re: programming write to /var/run from /home

[bmarcum@iglou.com (Bill Marcum)]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 06:18:47AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> A programming question:
> 
> I want to have a program that runs in a user's /home dir. write to /var/run.
> 
> That can be done by running the program with sudo.
> 
> Is there any other way? E.g. programming with PAM? Example?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
Why do you want the program to write to /var/run?  Does it require root 
privileges other than for that purpose?  If not, couldn't you write to 
/tmp or the user's home directory?


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