Perfect; I suppose I skimmed over the docs. Thanks
process.initgroups('www-data', 'www-data') // add group www-data
process.setgid(process.getgroups()[0]) // set user to www-data
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Sam Roberts <s...@strongloop.com> wrote:
> 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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