Hi ! Not lucky with the answer - but really my thanks anyway!
Best regards, Manfred > -----Original Message----- > From: mono-list-boun...@lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-list- > boun...@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Robert Jordan > Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2016 8:53 PM > To: Mono-list@lists.ximian.com > Subject: Re: [Mono-list] Linux: RunAS with System.Diagnostics.Process fails > > On 01.07.2016 01:17, web...@manfbraun.de wrote: > > Hello ! > > > > I am just trying this: > > > > Process p = new Process(); > > ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo(); > > SecureString password = ReadPassword(); > > psi.UserName = args[0]; > > psi.FileName = args[1]; > > psi.UseShellExecute = false; > > psi.Password = password; > > ..... > > > > This works naturally on Linux too - but the required user is NOT the > > executing user of that process - it is the same as the starter. > > > > This looks like a bug in the mono classlib/runtime. It is not > > a professional solution to run it via a "shell'ed" sudo. > > What workarounds are availabe to solve this problem ? > > Su/sudo is actually the one and only "professional" approach > under Unix/Linux. > > Any other way will eventually end up in reinventing su/sudo, which > is pretty hard (security wise) to be implemented. > > For a desktop application you may want to look at kdesu/kdesudo (KDE), > gksu/gksudo (GNOME), beesu (Red Hat). For a console app: su/sudo. > > Robert > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list