Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:15:57 -0700 (PDT) From: David Kirchner <davidk@accretivetg.com> To: Michael Grant <mg-fbsd2@grant.org> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: running a program as nobody Message-ID: <20011026141508.M25870-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <200110262113.WAA21068@splat.grant.org>
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Michael Grant wrote: > > The format would be: > > > > su nobody -c /path/to/command > > > > If you want it chroot'd I think you're safe doing: > > > > chroot /new/root su nobody -c /path/to/command/relative/to/new/root > > > > I believe you'd need "su" in your /new/root, too. > > Thanks, that appears to work, so the man page for su appears to be > wrong: > > su [-] [-Kflm] [-c class] [login [args]] Actually it's correct - it's a bit confusing about it though, I'll agree. :-) The -c you're passing after the login (nobody) is actually being sent to /bin/sh, which tells /bin/sh to process it as if it were something typed in to sh, rather than as if it were a shell script. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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