Script referenced by aliases file is run by what account?

[Paul Maglinger]

HP-UX 11.23. I created an entry in the aliases file pointing to a script. Can anyone tell me under which account the script will run as?

[Patrick Wallek]

The script will run as the user that runs the alias/command.

[Bill Hassell · Accepted solution]

If you are referring to /etc/mail/aliases, then commands or scripts are run as daemon.

[Paul Maglinger]

I can see a potential problem here if someone modifies the script and it runs as daemon. Is there a way to make the script run as another user account?

[Dennis Handly]

>it runs as daemon. Is there a way to make the script run as another user account?

You might want to check in your script by doing the id(1) command to make sure what the ID is.

I use procmail in .forward and all of the files are owned by the user's name.