starting a process as another user

[Rebecca]

Does anyone know if it is possible if you are running a java app as
root, to fire up another java process as a different user?

Thanks in advance,
Rebecca

 

[Stefan Schulz]

Does anyone know if it is possible if you are running a java app as
root, to fire up another java process as a different user?

Not without using JNI, no. After all, java is supposed to be
platform-independent, and such mechanisms vary wildly between different
operating Systems. Some might not even know the concept of users.

 

[Matt Humphrey]

Does anyone know if it is possible if you are running a java app as
root, to fire up another java process as a different user?

If you're using exec, you can probably do it through the shell you execute
using the regular *nix commands.

Cheers,
Matt Humphrey (e-mail address removed) http://www.iviz.com/