From: "Ara.T.Howard" <Ara.T.Howard@...>
Date: 2005-11-07T13:43:16+09:00
Subject: [ANN] setuidruby-1.0.0

URI

   http://codeforpeople.com/lib/ruby/setuidruby/

SYNOPSIS

     - setuidruby is a wrapper on ruby which will run ruby as another user

     - to compile

         make

       or, __only__ if you __know__ what you are doing

         make mode=6777

     - the user under which to execute ruby and an optional path to a ruby
       interpreter must be specified as the first argument to setuidruby.  for
       example:

         [ahoward@localhost setuidruby-0.0.0]$ cat ./a.rb
         require "yaml"

         y 'euid' => Process::euid,
           'uid' => Process::uid,
           'egid' => Process::egid,
           'gid' => Process::gid

         [ahoward@localhost setuidruby-0.0.0]$ setuidruby ahoward ./a.rb
         ---
         egid: 500
         gid: 500
         euid: 500
         uid: 500

         [ahoward@localhost setuidruby-0.0.0]$ setuidruby jsherry:/usr/bin/ruby182 ./a.rb
         ---
         egid: 510
         gid: 510
         euid: 509
         uid: 509

       if the path to ruby, which must be absolute, is not specifed the compile
       time default of /usr/bin/ruby is used.

       obviously setuidruby can be used in a shebang line:

         [ahoward@localhost setuidruby-0.0.0]$ cat b.rb
         #! /usr/bin/setuidruby ahoward:/usr/bin/ruby190
         require "yaml"

         y 'euid' => Process::euid,
           'uid' => Process::uid,
           'egid' => Process::egid,
           'gid' => Process::gid

         [ahoward@localhost setuidruby-0.0.0]$ ./b.rb
         ---
         egid: 500
         gid: 500
         euid: 500
         uid: 500


     - this program could be __very__ dangerous to your system's health: use
       wisely.  you are responsible.


enjoy.


-a
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