Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import droppriv from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/droppriv';
</script>

README

Installation

$ npm install droppriv

Examples

Predefined user:

require('droppriv')('user', 'group');

From env SETUID and SETGUID (nobody:nogroup if not set):

require('droppriv')(process.env.SETUID || 'nobody', process.env.SETGID || 'nogroup');

If you want log droppriv:

require('droppriv')(
    process.env.SETUID || 'nobody',
    process.env.SETGID || 'nogroup',
    true
);

Or custom logging function:

var winston = require('winston');
winston.cli();
require('droppriv')(
    process.env.SETUID || 'nobody',
    process.env.SETGID || 'nogroup',
    winston.info
);

Requirements

POSIX OS (Linux, FreeBSD, etc). Does nothing on Windows (doesn't fail).