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Re^4: Running process as another user

by morgon (Priest)
on May 14, 2014 at 15:14 UTC ( [id://1086047]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: Running process as another user
in thread Running process as another user

Actually you were right (so I am sorry).

What I tried before I posted my question here was setting $< and that makes the process still appear as being run by root.

But setting $> does the trick and is all that is needed.

Seems I need to brush up on real vs effective uid...

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