Run program with group execution permission

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I want to run program with execution permissions set to group. Unfortunately bash says "Permission denided".

How can I run program as user different that root without giving ownership to this user? But relay on group permissions. Is it possible?

More details: I'm trying to run program as user 'user1'. This user belongs to group 'users'. Program permissions are:

-rwxr-xr-- 1 root users 4121 Jan 24  2013 /opt/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin/jmeter

Seth · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-03 23:10:22Z

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See the sudo man page for more information. Try:

sudo -u user1 -g users /opt/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin/jmeter

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answered Sep 14, 2013 at 14:08

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Thanks, it works. But is it possible to setup permission that sudo will be not required?
– Max
Sep 14, 2013 at 14:16
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@Max: I haven't used it, but I believe GNU userv has similar functionality. gnu.org/software/userv
– Phoeey
Sep 14, 2013 at 14:35

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Radu Rădeanu · Accepted Answer · 2013-09-14 15:11:21Z

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user1 must be a user who is part of the users group. To add it to users group, use the following command:

sudo adduser user1 users

After this, user1 should be able to execute /opt/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin/jmeter without any other permissions.

answered Sep 14, 2013 at 15:11

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