downgrade-root

Try to downgrade the permissions of a process with root privileges

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import downgradeRoot from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/downgrade-root';
</script>

Try to downgrade the permissions of a process with root privileges

Usually applies to a process started with sudo.

Windows is gracefully ignored as it lacks a way to set UID.

$ npm install downgrade-root

import downgradeRoot from 'downgrade-root';

try {
    downgradeRoot();
} catch {
    console.error('Couldn\'t downgrade permissions');
}

Useful for trying to downgrade permission before blocking using your app as root.