Who can run the daemon ?

thomas2004ch · 07-26-2012, 05:14 AM

Hi,

I have a script which contains a command:

Code:

...
daemon --user $JBOSS_USER LAUNCH_JBOSS_IN_BACKGROUND=1
...

As I run this script under root there is no problem. But as I run this script under other user I got error as:

Code:

runuser: cannot set groups: Operation not permitted

Can only root run the daemon?

Thomas

pan64 · 07-26-2012, 07:03 AM

obviously yes

thomas2004ch · 07-26-2012, 08:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pan64

obviously yes

But if I add the user to the sudoers?

Sydney · 07-26-2012, 09:17 AM

If you sudo the script without adding a -u option you will still be running it as root, just without the environmental variables of root and without having to log in as root. It is not clear if that would be the intended result from your question.

Quote:

Last login: Thu Jul 19 22:18:09 2012
user@server:~$ sudo whoami
[sudo] password for user:
root

chrism01 · 07-26-2012, 09:13 PM

You can use the RUNAS option in sudoers file to cause it to run as root.