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Introducing run0: Run Processes as Other Users with systemd

Posted by Arindam Giri on Apr 30, 2024

Lennart Pottering, the well-known developer and creator of systemd, has recently introduced run0, a new utility that allows users to run processes under the identifiers of other users. Positioned as a more secure replacement for the popular sudo program, run0 is implemented as an add-on to the systemd-run command and is included in the release candidate release of systemd 256.

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