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Old 07-30-2004, 08:53 PM   #1
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Running user program from root

I want to do the following: for example when I connect my camera to the PC and it si detected by the hotplug, I wanna run some program as a user, not as root(hotplug runs under root) I would greatly appreciate any advices.
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Old 07-31-2004, 12:16 AM   #2
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See you can do this by putting suid bit on your
hotplug programme
 
Old 07-31-2004, 12:49 AM   #3
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Have a look at the /etc/hotplug/*.agent scripts ...
If you can find the right one, and the right
action in the script, maybe run something like
Code:
su - <user> <your program>
from one of the scripts ...


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