Yes. I tried running an exec: cmd=exec.Command("whoami") and it came as my 
user id not root.  But to set the permissions I'd run: 'chmod 4755 
myapplication'

On Monday, September 20, 2021 at 11:20:39 AM UTC-4 Tamás Gulácsi wrote:

> You mean "chown root app; chmod 4755 app" ?
>
> Rich a következőt írta (2021. szeptember 20., hétfő, 16:57:38 UTC+2):
>
>> I am trying to create a go program so that I can peform an action that is 
>> more complex than the example I have below. I can't give sudo right so run 
>> the application due to some policy we have at work that certain groups can 
>> only have read permissions. The company also have a policy that states any 
>> new directory / file is set with restrictive permissions. What I wanted to 
>> do is create a program that runs as root. (Like ping runs as root) but it 
>> doesn't seem to work.
>>
>> package main
>>
>> import (
>> "fmt"
>> "os"
>> "os/exec"
>> )
>>
>> func main() {
>>   cmd:=exec.Command("chmod","770", "/opt/app/mnt/mydirectory")
>>   cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
>>   cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
>>   err:=cmd.Run()
>>   if err != nil {
>>     fmt.Println("ERROR:", err)
>>   }
>> }
>>
>> When I compile, then do a chmod 4755, and run it. I get a permissions 
>> denied. Looking for why this would be?
>>
>

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