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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Syntax when using the 'exec' command Post 302985392 by jlliagre on Wednesday 9th of November 2016 02:33:48 AM
Old 11-09-2016
@Hungryd, should the ACL way doesn't suit your needs, here is an alternative:
Code:
mkfifo /tmp/fifo$$
sudo dd if=/tmp/fifo$$ of=$logFile &
pid=$!
exec >/tmp/fifo$$ 2>&1
...
run whatever commands you like as the regular user here 
...
rm /tmp/fifo$$
exec >/dev/tty 2>&1
sudo kill $pid

Last edited by jlliagre; 11-09-2016 at 04:04 AM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

doveadm-exec

DOVEADM-EXEC(1) 						      Dovecot							   DOVEADM-EXEC(1)

NAME

       doveadm-exec - easily execute commands from Dovecot's libexec_dir

SYNOPSIS

       doveadm [-Dv] exec binary [binary arguments]

DESCRIPTION

       This  command  allows administrators and local users to simply execute commands from within libexec_dir.  So for example a logged in system
       user could start a pre-authenticated imap session, using the command: doveadm exec imap.  An administrator would use the  command:  doveadm
       exec imap -u username.

OPTIONS

       Global doveadm(1) options:

       -D     Enables verbosity and debug messages.

       -v     Enables verbosity, including progress counter.

ARGUMENTS

       binary the name of an executable located in /usr/libexec/dovecot.

       binary arguments
	      options and arguments, wich will be passed through to the binary.

EXAMPLE

       This example demonstrates how to deliver a message from a file to a user's mailbox.

       doveadm exec dovecot-lda -d user@example.net 
       -f admin@example.net < ~/stuff/welcome.msg

REPORTING BUGS

       Report  bugs,  including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <dovecot@dovecot.org>.	Information about reporting bugs is avail-
       able at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html

SEE ALSO

       doveadm(1), dovecot-lda(1)

Dovecot v2.2							    2013-08-05							   DOVEADM-EXEC(1)
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