Re: [HTCondor-users] How to run jobs as root

[Rich Pieri <ratinox@xxxxxxx>]

On 11/3/14 10:53 AM, Zachary Miller wrote:
>   3) Create a USER_JOB_WRAPPER that *CAREFULLY* checks to see if it's running
>      as "croot" and uses a setuid executable to escalate to root priv before
>      running the actual job.

I still maintain that reimplementation without the UID 0 requirement is
the best course. That said, using sudo is a much safer mechanism for
elevating privileges than using setuid binaries.

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Rich Pieri <ratinox@xxxxxxx>
MIT Laboratory for Nuclear Science