Search code examples
linuxgomkdir

Is there a way to default Go's os package calls to run under a specific user

Basically I cant use os.Mkdir or os.MkdirAll because it will create the directories as root. I know I can go the exec.Cmd route and set the syscall.Credential{}. But thats a bit cumbersome and I have to remove and replace a lot of code.

I was wondering if there was anything global I can set so calls to the os package will be ran as a specified user.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • In general, a process will make system calls as the user that ran the process. Maybe seteuid is what you're looking for?