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I created a /etc/rc.d/ file for starting and stopping a http server. But I want start it as nobody instead of root. I am trying to use 'su' but I can't make it work... how should I?
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I created a /etc/rc.d/ file for starting and stopping a http server. But I want start it as nobody instead of root. I am trying to use 'su' but I can't make it work... how should I?
I think most http servers have a User and Group setting in their config, so when run as root it will change to that user and group.
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Well, maybe... But the point is more general... it is not only about the http server.
How can I start any program as nobody?
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isn't it just
su user /path/to/binOffline
Putting the executable as setuid and changing the owner to nobody would work i guess.
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I am not sure what firedance meant, but I found
su nobody -s'/full/path' works...
It seems su does not check if the shell is in /etc/shell when executed as root.
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basically if you set the owner of /bin/someapp to nobody, then set the setuid bit of the /bin/someapp, ( think it's chmod +s) then everytime /bin/someapp is run it's run as that owner. Manyt people do this to allow shutdown as regular users -- set the setuid bit on /sbin/halt so that it always runs as the root user
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