Module: Process

Defined in:
lib/as_uid.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.as_uid(uid) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/as_uid.rb', line 13

def as_uid(uid)
  old_euid, old_uid = Process.euid, Process.uid
  Process.euid, Process.uid = uid, uid

  begin
    yield
  ensure
    Process.euid, Process.uid = old_euid, old_uid
  end
end

.as_user(user_name) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/as_uid.rb', line 5

def as_user(user_name)
  uid = Etc.getpwnam(user_name).uid

  Process.as_uid(uid) do
    yield
  end
end