Both

> staf local PROCESS Start Shell Command whoami Wait UserName test Password
> test_password ReturnStdOut
>
and

> staf local PROCESS Start Shell Command whoami Wait UserName test
> ReturnStdOut
>
return root!

And, isn't there a method to know that user's home directory (/home/test)?
as I don't know it in advance

Thanks a lot

2008/7/13 David Bender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>
> The USERNAME/PASSWORD values for the PROCESS START request are the
> usernames and passwords from the operating system.  I believe your process
> is actually running under the specified (non-root) userid; however, on Unix
> machines, the environment variables for the user are not set for the process
> because it doesn't run the scripts that set up the environment for the user.
>
> So, if you run the following:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND whoami USERNAME test PASSWORD
> testpassword RETURNSTDOUT WAIT
>
> Response
> --------
> {
>   Return Code: 0
>   Key        : <None>
>   Files      : [
>     {
>       Return Code: 0
>       Data       : test
>
>     }
>   ]
> }
>
> So you see that it is running the process under the specified userid.
>
> However, as you noted, if you run "echo $HOME" as the command:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND "echo \$HOME" USERNAME test
> PASSWORD testpassword RETURNSTDOUT WAIT
>
> Response
> --------
> {
>   Return Code: 0
>   Key        : <None>
>   Files      : [
>     {
>       Return Code: 0
>       Data       : /home/root
>
>     }
>   ]
> }
>
> You can use the ENV option on a PROCESS START request to specify
> environment variables that you want to specify for a username:
>
> # STAF local PROCESS START SHELL COMMAND "echo \$HOME" USERNAME test
> PASSWORD testpassword RETURNSTDOUT WAIT ENV "HOME=/home/test"
>
> Response
> --------
> {
>   Return Code: 0
>   Key        : <None>
>   Files      : [
>     {
>       Return Code: 0
>       Data       : /home/test
>
>     }
>   ]
> }
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
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>
>
>
>  *"Ahmed Mostafa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*
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>
> 07/13/2008 06:50 AM
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> David Bender/Austin/[EMAIL PROTECTED]  Subject
> [staf-users] [STAF] Starting a process under a different user on
>  UNIX
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using STAF 3.3.0 on an AIX 6.1 operating system and want to start a
> process under a different user, the following command:
> staf local PROCESS Start Shell Command "echo" Parms "$HOME" Wait UserName
> user_name ReturnStdOut
> returns: /home/root, because STAF is running under it (user_name is
> another one). The configuration file contains the command:
> Set PROCESSAUTHMODE NONE
> does the UserName parameter use user names from the Authenticator's file? r
> from the operating system? and how can I execute processes under a different
> system users?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Ahmed Mostafa
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>
> Software Engineer
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