drop-privileges v1.0.1

dropPrivileges

Used to drop privileges and switch user/group under which the current nodejs process is running.

when

If you start your nodejs program as root e.g. to acquire privileged tcp ports or read SSL certificates you can use this module to drop root privileges afterwards.

how

const dropPrivileges = require('drop-privileges');

// ...

doSomethingThatRequiresRoot();

// ...

dropPrivileges('unprivileged-user', 'unprivileged-group');