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executing a command as a specific user
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I don't think so, cause you cannot run anything in the name of others.
Well, that's not intirely true, in Linux there's a way for a userr to run as another, but that's a security breach.
the files must have mode 4755 this will put a system flag in the file permitions. Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
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Well, that's not intirely true, in Linux there's a way for a userr to run as another, but that's a security breach.
the files must have mode 4755 this will put a system flag in the file permitions. Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com
You can only accomplish this if you run your webserver daemon as root which is A VERY BAD IDEA.
Any script or user (including daemons) which are not owned by root, will not be allowed to execute any group commands for groups other than thier own.
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Any script or user (including daemons) which are not owned by root, will not be allowed to execute any group commands for groups other than thier own.
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