LSH-EXECUV

NAME

lsh-execuv - program to securely execute a program as another user

SYNOPSIS

lsh-execuv [options] program [--] real-argv

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the lsh-execuv command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

lsh-execuv is a utility program for the lsh server that securely executes a program as a different user. another user.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.
-u uid

setuid to numeric uid before running program. Usernames are not supported, only numeric uids.

-g gid

setgid to numeric gid before running program. Group names are not supported, only numeric gids.

-n user-name

User name, needed for initgroups

	-i		Call initgroups, requires that -n user-name be specified.
	-c		Clear the list of supplimentary groups.
	-p		Use $PATH variable to search for program.
	-?		Show summary of options.

SEE ALSO

lsh(1), lshd(8). The programs are documented fully by Lsh, available via the Info system.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).