08-27-2008
I don't think it can be done out of the box, once the script is started, there's a PID assigned, along with user parameters - uid and gid. Then, if you need a subroutine called, whose code requires root privileges, I don't think you can change it.
Possible solution : use perl's module expect, write a section that executes some code, and when it comes to the root, start another shell, save the subroutine in a different file, spawn "su -", provide password, and execute this script, then return back to the original one. This has drawback - you have to leave your root password in a script.
Personally I'm not aware of a method for changing the UID dynamically, but I'll be glad to hear solution too.
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SETUID(1) General Commands Manual SETUID(1)
NAME
setuid - run a command with a different uid.
SYNOPSIS
setuid username|uid command [ args ]
DESCRIPTION
Setuid changes user id, then executes the specified command. Unlike some versions of su(1), this program doesn't ever ask for a password
when executed with effective uid=root. This program doesn't change the environment; it only changes the uid and then uses execvp() to find
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temporary directory, there will be a race condition in the time between editing the temporary file and copying it back to the protected
file.)
AUTHOR
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