On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Robert Steckroth
<robertsteckr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I can set the user with a process.setuid(uid) command but this requires
> knowledge of the UID of the user I need. I was hoping for a different/better
> solution than manually parsing the /etc/passwd file.

???

Sets the user identity of the process. (See setuid(2).) This accepts
either a numerical ID or a username string. If a username is
specified, this method blocks while resolving it to a numerical ID.

- http://nodejs.org/api/process.html#process_process_setuid_id

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