LSH-EXECUV(8)

📦 version 2.1, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

🫶 NAME 🫶

lsh-execuv — bestie, it's a program that securely executes a program as another user 💅

(you're reading LSH-EXECUV(8), from the lsh manuals, just so we're both on the same page ✨)

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so real talk, this manual page documents lsh-execuv <emphasis>briefly</emphasis>. Like, briefly briefly. And it exists at all because this was written for the Debian distribution, since the original program does not have a manual page 😭 so the Debian girlies said fine, we'll write one ourselves, and here we are.

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

yes it literally says "another user." twice at the end there. that's the original. I'm not fixing it, I'm preserving it, it's iconic 💀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

Here's the summary of options, no gatekeeping 🌈

  • -u uid — setuid to the numeric uid before running program. Usernames are not supported, bestie, only numeric uids. Numbers only. Periodt 💅
  • -g gid — setgid to the numeric gid before running program. Group names are not supported either, only numeric gids. same energy, same rules 🎀
  • -n user-name — the user name, which you need for initgroups 🌸
  • -i — call initgroups. this one requires that -n user-name be specified, so like, don't forget it or it's gonna be a whole thing 😭
  • -c — clear the list of supplimentary groups 🧹 (yes, that's how it's spelled in the source, love that for us)
  • -p — use the $PATH variable to search for program 🔍 so you don't have to type the whole entire path, slay
  • -? — show a summary of the options, i.e. the group-chat recap 👑

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

The programs are documented <emphasis>fully</emphasis> by Lsh, available via the Info system 📚 (yes, Info system. retro. vintage. main character energy.)

💜 AUTHOR 💜

This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll <timshel@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system — but may be used by others 🫶 (share the love, it's giving open source generosity)

okay that's the whole page, you ate that, go run your program as another user responsibly 🌈

sign-off vibes: this is lsh-execuv, version dated Jul 05 2002, living in the LSH-EXECUV(8) section, and honestly? still iconic twenty-something years later 👑💖

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