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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users restart root process as non root Post 302573989 by eeisken on Wednesday 16th of November 2011 08:17:54 AM
Old 11-16-2011
restart root process as non root

Hi

I have a process running as root, that I need to be able to restart as a non root user, but keep it running as root. unfortunately I can't user sudo. Any advice much appreciated
 

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VIEW-OS(1)						      General Commands Manual							VIEW-OS(1)

NAME
viewsudo - execute a command as another (virtual) user SYNOPSIS
viewsudo [-g groupname|#gid] [-u username|#uid] command DESCRIPTION
viewsudo allows a user to execute a command as the superuser or another user in View-OS. OPTIONS
viewsudo accepts the following command line options: -g group Normally, viewsudo sets the primary group to root. The -g option causes sudo to run the specified command with the primary group set to group. To specify a gid instead of a group name, use #gid. When running commands as a gid, many shells require that the '#' be escaped with a backslash ('[u2019]). If no -u option is specified, the command will be run as the invoking user (not root). In either case, the primary group will be set to group. -u user The -u option causes viewsudo to run the specified command as a user other than root. To specify a uid instead of a user name, use #uid. When running commands as a uid, many shells require that the '#' be escaped with a backslash ('[u2019]). RETURN VALUES
Upon successful execution of a program, the exit status from viewsudo will simply be the exit status of the program that was executed. SEE ALSO
viewsu(1), sudo(1), linux.defs(5) AUTHORS
View-OS is a project of the Computer Science Department, University of Bologna. Project Leader: Renzo Davoli. <http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/view-os> Howto's and further information can be found on the project wiki <wiki.virtualsquare.org>. NOTE
Most part of the text is taken from sudo(1). VIEW-OS: a process with a view August 8, 2009 VIEW-OS(1)
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