Execute a process as a specific user

[Gerrit Holl]

<quote name="Maurix" date="1055512403" email="maurix78_remove_this_ at wanadoo.es">
> A question for the unix users...
> How can i execute a process as a specific user from a process
> with root privileges?
> i'm doing this now with this command
> 
> os.system("su usuario -c comando")
> 
> Can i make this whitout the "su" command
</quote>

You can use os.setuid():

os.setuid(500)
os.system("comando")

yours,
Gerrit.

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