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How to ensure a script is run by the same user as the owner of a file
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| script_runner=$(id -u -n) | |
| file_owner=$(stat -c '%U' ./index.html) | |
| [ $script_runner != $file_owner ] && { echo "please run script as $file_owner with 'sudo -u $file_owner $0'"; exit 1; } | |
| echo "all good, do what you want $file_owner to do here" |
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