Sorry , I didn't understand the question in the first mail, maybe this:
exec('id -u username', function (err, stdout) {
var user_id = stdout;
process.setiuid(user_id)
}) ;
2013/11/8 Robert Steckroth <[email protected]>
> Hell ya, upstart is your friend, but I want to set the user to www-data in
> the nodejs script for development purposes as well.
> I can set the user with a process.setuid(uid) command but this
> requires knowledge of the UID of the user I need. I was hoping for
> a different/better solution than
> manually parsing the /etc/passwd file.
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:48 AM, José F. Romaniello <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> 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..
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