[Buildbot-devel] Running tests as a particular user

[Tim Hatch]

> is there anyway to run a test through buildbot as a
> particular user?  Thanks!

>From buildbot, you use a ShellCommand build step, where the command
includes a way to change user:

If you're on *nix:

    Use sudo(8), allowing the buildbot user to perform certain commands
    as another user by editing sudoers(5), although I imagine this
    wouldn't be practical in a chroot.

If you're on Windows:

    There's a command called 'runas', don't remember if it's installed
    by default.  This probably requires already-elevated privileges, and
    I'm not sure if it works when running buildbot as a service.

If that doesn't answer your question, perhaps you can give more
background into how you're currently running buildbot, and the nature of
what needs to be run.

Tim