On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:03 PM, John R Pierce <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:pierce@hogranch.com">pierce@hogranch.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">       su-$ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart</div>
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should be<br>
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        su - $ORA_OWNER -c $ORA_HOME/bin/dbstart<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>So, for a Java program, would you suggest creating a different user, giving that user just enough privileges, and then running the script so that it exited if the wrong user tried to use it?</div>
<div><br></div><div>(Just trying to think what&#39;s the best long term solution for something like this)</div></div>