@ http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/166817/using-the-setuid-bit-properly
... or simpler...
@ http://serverfault.com/questions/397969/how-can-i-use-setuid-on-a-shell-script-to-run-as-a-non-root-user
You can configure sudo to allow people to run a command as a specific no root user too e.g. in sudoers:
user1 (ALL) = (appuser) /path/to/yourapp
would allow the user user1 to run your app as appuser with:
sudo -u appuser /path/to/yourapp
Similarly:
%somegroup (ALL) = (appuser) /path/to/yourapp
in sudoers would allow the users in the group somegroup to run you app as appuser with:
sudo -u appuser /path/to/yourapp
@ http://askubuntu.com/questions/39281/how-to-run-an-application-using-sudo-without-a-password
YOURNAME ALL = NOPASSWD: /path/to/yourapp
