Is there a way to launch process (bash) from node.js under specific user when knowing linux username and password of this user.
I want to transfer terminal from server over socket.io to web browser and I need every user to act under their usernames, so user permissions are acting like on proper ssh.
Basically you are sharing an SSH connection over the web.
You should spawn child processes from node.js inbuilt functionality child_process.spawn like the following:
var spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
ls = spawn('ls', ['-lh', '/usr']);
see here: http://nodejs.org/api/child_process.html#child_process_child_process_spawn_command_args_options
To initiate each users SSH you should use :(in the child process spawn)
ssh -tt abcd_user@server.com [command_to_execute]
Rest is upto you to link the child process on node.js with the interface on webpage with your socket.io.js