bpo-36046: Add user and group parameters to subprocess by patrick-mclean · Pull Request #11950 · python/cpython

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This adds a `user` parameter to the Popen constructor that will call
setreuid() in the child before calling exec(). This allows processes
running as root to safely drop privileges before running the subprocess
without having to use a preexec_fn.

This also adds a `group` parameter that will call setregid() in
the child process before calling exec().

Finally an `extra_groups` parameter was added that will call
setgroups() to set the supplimental groups.