Re: [arch-projects] [dbscripts] [RFC] Perform all database and copy operations using a dedicated user

3 Nov 2013


      Am 03.11.2013 19:06, schrieb Jan Alexander Steffens:
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On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:
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+switch_user() {
+       local user
+
+       user=$(whoami)
+       if [[ $user != $DBSCRIPTS_USER ]]; then
+               exec sudo -u $DBSCRIPTS_USER "$@"
+       fi
+}
Instead of using sudo and adding a convenience hack to the binary,
could we use setuid?
E.g. The binaries are chown dbscripts_packages:dev (or
dbscripts_community:tu) and chmod 4554.
What binaries?