Question

I want to run the linux application to as another user ( Other then root ).
In my application we have written the socket program and i am using the raw socket to ping the database server. As we run the application as root then it is able to ping the server. but when it is run as normal user other then root then it is not able to ping the database server.

Can you please tell how to run the process with normal user ?
How can we check process is running with which user ?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Use:

sudo -u <username> <command ...>

You can view info about your process (including, among other things, the username of the owner) with:

ps -Af | grep <process name>

Also, non-root programs can’t use raw sockets. This would indicate a flaw in the design of your program.