LSH-EXECUV(8)
NAME
lsh-execuv - program to securely execute a program as another user
SYNOPSIS
lsh-execuv [options] program [--] real-argv
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the lsh-execuv command. This manual
page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.
lsh-execuv is a utility program for the lsh server that securely executes a program as a different user. another user.
OPTIONS
A summary of options is included below.
- -u uid setuid to numeric uid before running program. Usernames are not
- supported, only numeric uids.
- -g gid setgid to numeric gid before running program. Group names are
- not supported, only numeric gids.
- -n user-name
- User name, needed for initgroups
- -i Call initgroups, requires that -n user-name be specified.
- -c Clear the list of supplimentary groups.
- -p Use $PATH variable to search for program.
- -? Show summary of options.
SEE ALSO
lsh(1), lshd(8). The programs are documented fully by Lsh, available
via the Info system.
AUTHOR
- This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for
the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).