Automated permission elevation on Linux operating systems

Helloooooo

Recently, I’ve been writing a lot of code where I have applications running with the permissions of limited system users that occasionally need to escalate these permissions to those of the system’s root user. Obviously, it wouldn’t be secure to run an entire daemon as root all of the time, as it could have a catastrophic outcome should the daemon be exploited for a flaw not caught in code reviews/QA testing. Read more