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

On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Thomas Bächler <thomas@archlinux.org> wrote:

+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. Or is the distinction of EUID/RUID a problem here?