# UNIX::Privileges # A module for handling UNIX privileges ## Example ## Synopsis: use UNIX::Privileges; UNIX::Privileges::userinfo($user); UNIX::Privileges::chown($user, $file); UNIX::Privileges::drop($user); UNIX::Privileges::chroot($directory); Example usage: use UNIX::Privileges; UNIX::Privileges::chown("nobody", "test.txt"); UNIX::Privileges::drop("nobody"); Example with a chroot: use UNIX::Privileges; my $user = UNIX::Privileges::userinfo("nobody"); UNIX::Privileges::chown($user, "/tmp/test.txt"); UNIX::Privileges::chroot("/tmp"); # once in the chroot access to the system password file is lost # therefore UNIX::Privileges::drop("nobody") will no longer work # as the system cannot find the uid or gid of "nobody" anymore # fortunately we already have this information in the $user var # that we defined above by calling UNIX::Privileges::userinfo # just remember you have to do this *before* creating the chroot UNIX::Privileges::drop($user);