Starting program as different user

ngomong · 05-09-2002, 10:06 PM

How do I start a program as a different user?

I want to start a program as apache or nobody, so it can be accessed by a cgi script.

More specifically, I want to start the gimp, have a cgi script create graphics dynamicallly from a web page.

jeremy · 05-09-2002, 10:14 PM

To answer you question, you can start a program as another user by doing the following:

Quote:

su nobody -c /path/to/program

However, for what you are trying to do you should probably look at ImageMagick or GD.

--jeremy

ngomong · 05-10-2002, 03:16 PM

Thanks jeremy...

Actually, I've already implemented all the scripts...
Starting gimp as nobody/apache was the final step.

Thanks!