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On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 23:24 +0200, Roland Smith wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 04:03:25PM -0400, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote:
> > >  I don't know. I just found it inconvenient that it doesn't start
> > >  automatically, like a daemon should (if configured in rc.conf)
> >=20
> > I've never had a problem because GNOME starts it as my user.=20
>=20
> Ah. I'm not running gnome, just using esd with fvwm2.

It should be trivial to add something to .xinitrc or whatever you use to
start X that also spawns esd.

>=20
> > I'm very
> > leery about running a daemon as root that is clearly designed to be run
> > as a normal user.
>=20
> Understandable. But the startup script could be adapted to start esd as
> a non-root user.

But as which user?  As I said, esd is designed to run as the user that
will be connecting to it to play sounds.

Joe

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