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Date:      Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:36:49 +0300
From:      Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com>
To:        =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Sa=B9a_Stupar?= <sasa@stupar.homelinux.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Automatically starting user programs on boot
Message-ID:  <48BFC851.2080104@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <3bd584700067958b3d0e6b681c98a709.squirrel@posta.homelinux.net>
References:  <3bd584700067958b3d0e6b681c98a709.squirrel@posta.homelinux.net>

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Saša Stupar wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On my FBSD 7 server I also use screen with rtorrent. In case of server
> reboot (power outage, server goes on UPS then power down) the user need
> manually to login, then start screen and then rtorrent. Is it possible to
> start this procedure automatically and of course as certain user and not
> as root?
> I was thinking about .startup file or something in users home directory.
>
> Regards,
> Sasa
>
>   
cron(8) seems to be a good candidate for this. Have a look at 
crontab(5). You can use @reboot to execute your script every time your 
PC starts. Just make sure your script sets the environment (PATH and so 
on) correctly.



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