Running python script as another user

Question

On a Linux box I want to run a Python script as another user.

I\'ve already made a wrapper program in C++ that calls the script, since I\'ve realized that the owners

Answer 1

Use the command sudo.

In order to run a program as a user, the system must "authenticate" that user.

Obviously, root can run any program as any user, and any user can su to another user with a password.

The program sudo can be configured to allow a group of users to sudo a particular command as a particular user.

For example, you could create a group scriptUsers and a user scriptRun. Then, configure sudo to let any user in scriptUsers become scriptRun ONLY to run your script.