com.sun.solaris
Class EmbeddedSu

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.solaris.EmbeddedSu

public class EmbeddedSu
extends java.lang.Object

Encapsulates the process launch through su (embedded_su(1M) to be exact)

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi

Method Summary

static java.lang.Process

startWithSu(java.lang.String user, java.lang.String pwd, java.lang.ProcessBuilder pb) Launches a process as configured by ProcessBuilder, but under a separate user priviledge by using su functionality.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

startWithSu

public static java.lang.Process startWithSu(java.lang.String user,
                                            java.lang.String pwd,
                                            java.lang.ProcessBuilder pb)
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Launches a process as configured by ProcessBuilder, but under a separate user priviledge by using su functionality.

Parameters:

user - The user name in which the new process runs.

pwd - The password of the user.

Throws:

java.io.IOException