Pádraig Brady wrote: > [...] > There was also a very related request for > `runuser` like functionality to be generally available: > http://bugs.gnu.org/8700
Looks like chroot fulfils the requirements stated in that bug report already. You can just chroot to / and have it switch uids only after all :-) Beware of CVE-2005-4890 when switching to unprivileged and potentially compromised user accounts though. cu Ludwig -- (o_ Ludwig Nussel //\ V_/_ http://www.suse.de/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
