[Tutor] Best way to call a prog that requires root access in linux

[Alan Gauld]

<pytutor.20.247ob at spamgourmet.com> wrote

> I've had a dig around on the forums about this and it was suggested 
> to
> use 'sudo'.

sudo is the best way to run applications with a different access 
level.

Since this is an OS thing usinbg sudo is the right solution IMHO.
If you ever want to port your code to XP or VMS or whatever you
would need to rewrite the security model if you tried to do it
in the application. Much better to handle the issue in the OS.

Thats my view at least...


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