04-21-2005
Ok, I think I should rephrase my question. I did some more research on daemons, and I think I can ask my question better now.
A daemon is a process that runs in the background (like a fork), whithout user interaction (from what I read). So basically what happens is that when an email is received, and the shell script is invoked, a daemon is running the entire process. I need to find a way where I can make the daemon act as if it were a unix user so that the process is run as if the user is the one who is invoking the scripts that are called in the main script, rather than the daemon.
So my basic idea is: email is received, forwarded to a script (daemon is still the owner at the moment), in the main script first thing I want to do is change the user from the deamon to another valid unix account, so then everything that is performed from there on out is performed as if the unix user that I specify is the one who invoked everything.
Does that make more sense? Any ideas?
Thanks
Last edited by mskarica; 04-21-2005 at 12:30 PM..
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script(1) User Commands script(1)
NAME
script - make record of a terminal session
SYNOPSIS
script [-a] [filename]
DESCRIPTION
The script utility makes a record of everything printed on your screen. The record is written to filename. If no file name is given, the
record is saved in the file typescript. See WARNINGS.
The script command forks and creates a sub-shell, according to the value of $SHELL, and records the text from this session. The script ends
when the forked shell exits or when Control-d is typed.
OPTIONS
The following option is supported:
-a Appends the session record to filename, rather than overwriting it.
NOTES
script places everything that appears on the screen in filename, including prompts.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWcsu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|CSI |Enabled |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
attributes(5)
WARNINGS
script can pose a security risk when used in directories that are writable by other users (for example, /tmp), especially when run by a
privileged user, that is, root. Be sure that typescript is not a link before running script.
SunOS 5.10 30 Jan 2004 script(1)