How to run perl script as a diffrent user

anjani

Hi,

On save of DCR, I am calling a script which will deploy the DCR content to DB and attached assets to target server file system using the open deploy command. We don't want to give deploy permission to all the users.

So we are planning to put the logic to run the open deploy command as od- admin user in the script, irrelevant of the user who runs the script.

So could you please tell me how to execute a command in the script as different user? I tried the su - command, that does not worked out.

Any pointer/help will be appreciated.

Thanks,
A.S.

ISCBorisB

Hi, On save of DCR, I am calling a script which will deploy the DCR content to DB and attached assets to target server file system using the open deploy command. We don't want to give deploy permission to all the users. So we are planning to put the logic to run the open deploy command as od- admin user in the script, irrelevant of the user who runs the script. So could you please tell me how to execute a command in the script as different user? I tried the su - command, that does not worked out. Any pointer/help will be appreciated. Thanks, A.S.

Create a small Script just to run OD and configure it with the "setuid" Flag. Call this script instead of odcmd Command.

Log in as OD Admin and issue "chmod 5775 YourODScript" Command. Make sure that you use only full Path for every executable within
the Script, even if you have'em in corresponding Profiles (that's trivial security precaution for the scripts with setuid/setgid Flags).
Coordinate all that with your System Administrator