Make it easier to run eth-docker with an app user#2545
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What I did
Assume a setup with a
nodeuser that has eth-docker installed, and anode-adminsgroup.nodeand whoever administers the node are innode-admins. Theeth-dockerdirectory has 775 or 770 permissions, and thenode-adminsgroup has ownership, plus setgid is set on directories.chown -R node:node-admins ~/eth-docker && find ~/eth-docker -type d -exec chmod g+s {} +With
__as_ownerbeing set when the effective UID ofethddoesn't match the owner, useralicecan cd to/home/node/eth-dockerand execute./ethd <whatever>, and any file manipulation or creation activity will be prefixed withsudo -u node.This makes it easy to have multiple admins on a server without a shared login.