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Running Code as Another User
CodeExpectedActual
module Process
  def as_uid(uid)
    old_euid, old_uid = Process.euid, Process.uid
    Process.euid, Process.uid = uid, uid
    begin
      yield
    ensure
      Process.euid, Process.uid = old_euid, old_uid
    end
  end	
  module_function(:as_uid)
end
Dir.mkdir("as_root")
Process.as_uid(1000) do
  Dir.mkdir("as_leonardr")
  %x{whoami}
end
 "leonardr\n" "leonardr\n" 
Process.as_uid(1000) do
  Dir.rmdir("as_root")
end
 
Errno::EPERM: Operation not permitted - as_root
 






Dir.rmdir("as_root")


0


Error! (Exception?) Here's stdout:
Errno::ENOENT: No such file or directory - as_root
	from (irb):21:in `rmdir'
	from (irb):21







system 'runas /user:frednerk ruby script_two.rb'


false