Impersonate another user temporarily (Unix and Windows)

[Steve Holden]

billiejoex wrote:
> On 23 Ago, 13:13, "Chris Mellon" <arka... at gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
>> Note that running your process as a user with enough priviledges to
>> impersonate another user pretty much eliminates all the benefits of
>> running as a low-priviledged user in the first place. Consider
>> re-thinking your application model and having an "ftp" user instead.- Nascondi testo tra virgolette -
>>
>> - Mostra testo tra virgolette -
> 
> Could you be more precise?
> Why it's not a good idea?
> I was thinking of starting ftpd as limited user ('nobody'/'ftp' on
> unix, 'Guest' on Windows), then temporary switching to another user
> when I got to perform actions on file system.
> Maybe you're saying that as limited user I can't do such switching?
> 
That's exactly what he's saying.

regards
  Steve
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