I usually register my node.js servers as daemons (services) with upstart. Upstar scripts can have "setuid" :
http://upstart.ubuntu.com/cookbook/#setuid To run a command from the CLI as another user you can use "sudo -u user command" eg: sudo -u user node server.js 2013/11/8 Robert Steckroth <[email protected]> > I wish to switch my nodejs server user to a different one. I can find the > current user and UID but not others. What is the best way to switch the > process uid to a different one, e.g. www-data? This is probably a Linux > only question.. > > -- > <surgemcgee> Systems/Software Engineer > > > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
