Thanks Tim and Wiggins - I off and running! :) - Aloha => Beau; > -----Original Message----- > From: Wiggins d'Anconia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:31 PM > To: Beau E. Cox > Cc: 'Beginners > Subject: Re: 'Becoming' another user > > > Not an expert on such things, and haven't done it before (may have to > soon so thanks for asking and making me look it up ;-))... > > perldoc perlsec > section on opening in a fork to drop privileges in setuid root programs > perldoc perlvar > specifically UID, EUID > perldoc POSIX > specifically setuid() > > That should certainly start you down the right path... Not sure about > the cross platform compatibility, obviously most Win systems aren't > POSIX compliant. > > http://danconia.org > > Beau E. Cox wrote: > > Hi - > > > > I have a script (simple server) that can be used by > > others remote to me. For security I would like to > > 'become' (assume the permissions) of a specified, > > under-privileged user before listening to the > > outside world - much like Apache 'becomes' the > > user/group specified in the http.conf file. > > > > I admit, I'm lost... CPAN 'user' modules seem to > > concentrate on looking at/manipulating users, > > not changing into one. > > > > I would like to do this in a 'portable' way, > > (nix and Win32). > > > > Before I delve into the Apache source, is there > > somewhere else to look? > > > > Aloha => Beau; > > > > > > > >
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