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hi

due to certain constraints, i will running a python script as root
inside this script, also due to some constraints, i need to switch user
to user1 to run the
rest of the script...is there a way ?thanks

Oct 3 '06 #1
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Check out the os module, especially the
os.getgid(),
os.getuid(),
os.setgid(),
os.getuid(),
methods. There are more , take at a look at Python documentation.

You can start a script as root then change your priveleges with
os.setgid() os.setuid() methods. Note: those methods operate with
integer user and group IDs, not with user and group names.

Hope that helps,
-Nick Vatamaniuc
s9************@yahoo.com wrote:
hi

due to certain constraints, i will running a python script as root
inside this script, also due to some constraints, i need to switch user
to user1 to run the
rest of the script...is there a way ?thanks
Oct 3 '06 #2

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