Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:33:26 -0500 From: "Robert Myers" <ccrider@whiterose.net> To: <gerti-freebsdq@bitart.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Starting process as different user via rc Message-ID: <000001c07c28$2e1925f0$0201a8c0@ccrider2k> In-Reply-To: <20010111082639.15646.qmail@camelot.bitart.com>
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> Is there a way (eg a small utility or some such) that would allow a > process/script to be started from rc using a different UID than root? > SUID would be a poor solution in the case I have in mind. > su -c 'program name and options' <user> PostgreSQL uses this to startup, it is in ports, and does that via the /usr/local/etc/rc.d/pgsql.sh shell script. I would guess what you are doing is via something you installed via the ports tree? Robert Myers Systems Administrator http://whiterose.net (717)439-1478 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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