Thanks for replying. So it's the never ending story of permissions, facl, 
groups, security concepts ... I prefer coding !

I'm using group permissions to have the WebApp user execute a program from 
another user. So far so good, but not perfect. I even tried to play with 
the visudo config, but this got complicated ...

Luc

On Wednesday, 7 November 2018 22:20:02 UTC-5, Stefan Adams wrote:
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>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 1:18 PM Luc Larochelle <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> Given that application X is owned by it's generic user (userX) and that a 
>> Webapp is owned by another generic user(Y), what's the best way to share 
>> permissions between the users so that application X can be called by a a 
>> request to the WebApp ?
>>
>
> Is the primary question about the best way to handle permissions between 
> two users?  IMO, either put both users in the same group, or use extended 
> ACLs <https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Access_Control_Lists>.  I used 
> to use them quite a bit when I managed file servers with Samba and it was 
> great!
>  
>
>> Also, is it a good thing to separate applications from the Webapp in 
>> distinct users , or should it all be part of a whole ? 
>>
>
> I think the general rule of thumb is separations are good, but of course 
> you need something in place to allow exchange of information.  ACLs work.  
> Other things could work, too.  But ACLs proly easiest.  Best answer proly 
> depends on a lot... 
>
> The objective to what you're asking, of course, is if one of your systems 
> gets hacked, the other shouldn't be affected.  If the system A gets hacked 
> with user A, system B with user B will be "protected".  Is system A and 
> system B both use user C, a breach of system A *or* system B would effect 
> the other.
>

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