Module: Process::Daemon::Privileges

Defined in:
lib/process/daemon/privileges.rb

Overview

Provides functions for changing the current user.

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.change_user(user) ⇒ Object

Set the user of the current process. Supply either a user ID or a user name.



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# File 'lib/process/daemon/privileges.rb', line 29

def self.change_user(user)
	if user.kind_of?(String)
		user = Etc.getpwnam(user).uid
	end

	Process::Sys.setuid(user)
end

.current_user ⇒ Object

Get the user of the current process. Returns the user name.



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# File 'lib/process/daemon/privileges.rb', line 38

def self.current_user
	uid = Process::Sys.getuid

	Etc.getpwuid(uid).name
end