var assert = require("assert"); var spawn = require("child_process").spawn; var fs = require('fs'); var myUid = process.getuid(); var myGid = process.getgid(); if (myUid != 0) { console.error('must be run as root, otherwise the gid/uid setting will fail.'); process.exit(1); } // get a different user. // don't care who it is, as long as it's not root var passwd = fs.readFileSync('/etc/passwd', 'utf8'); passwd = passwd.trim().split(/\n/); for (var i = 0, l = passwd.length; i < l; i ++) { if (passwd[i].charAt(0) === "#") continue; passwd[i] = passwd[i].split(":"); var otherName = passwd[i][0]; var otherUid = +passwd[i][2]; var otherGid = +passwd[i][3]; if (otherUid && otherUid !== myUid && otherGid && otherGid !== myGid && otherUid > 0) { break; } } if (!otherUid && !otherGid) throw new Error('failed getting passwd info.'); console.error('name, id, gid = %j', [otherName, otherUid, otherGid]); var whoNumber = spawn('id', [], { uid: otherUid, gid: otherGid }); var whoName = spawn('id', [], { uid: otherName, gid: otherGid }); whoNumber.stdout.buf = 'byNumber:'; whoName.stdout.buf = 'byName:'; whoNumber.stdout.on('data', onData); whoName.stdout.on('data', onData); function onData (c) { this.buf += c; } whoNumber.on("exit", onExit); whoName.on("exit", onExit); function onExit (code) { var buf = this.stdout.buf; console.log(buf); var expr = new RegExp("^(byName|byNumber):uid=" + otherUid + "\\(" + otherName + "\\) gid=" + otherGid + "\\("); assert.ok(buf.match(expr), "uid and gid should match " + otherName); }