Hi David

I'm trying to set up a mechanism to copy a local file using a setuid executable, based on whether the registered user has read access to the local file in question. Is there any means for a tool to know the registered user who is running it?

you can use the variable "$userEmail" in the tool definition file something like this <command>your_tool.pl $input $userEmail $output </command> and then it is down to your tool (or the wrapper you have written) to deal with the user's e-mail and do different thing depending on the user. Hope this helps, Regards, Hans

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