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=head1 NAME

setuid - Execute a program as another user

=head1 SYNOPSIS

B<setuid> I<USERNAME> I<PROG...>

=head1 OPTIONS

=over

=item B<-h, --help>

Show help screen and exit.

=item B<-V, --version>

Show version information and exit.

=back

=head1 DESCRIPTION

B<setuid>(1) is a small tool that will set its real and effective uid and gid to
those of I<USERNAME>, as well as the list of supplementaty groups to the one of
I<USERNAME>, then execute into I<PROG...>

This is needed to drop privileges of the right user before executing into the
command line of a cron job. It is intended to be used via B<slicd-exec>(1).

=head1 NOTES

B<setuid>(1) obviously requires to run as root in order to be able to drop
privileges.

=head1 RETURN VALUE

The following return values are possible:

=over

=item B<0> : success (only with B<--help> or B<--version>)

=item B<131> : usage error (unknown option, etc)

=item B<132> : I/O error (permission denied, etc)

=item B<134> : unknown user

=item B<135> : failed to set uid/gid/supplementary groups

=back

Note that they are above the usual to help differentiate with return values from
the program executed into.

=head1 SEE ALSO

B<slicd-parser>(1), B<slicd-sched>(1), B<slicd-exec>(1), B<miniexec>(1)