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Date:      Thu, 19 Dec 2002 02:31:32 +0100
From:      Alex <akruijff@dds.nl>
To:        Brian <bri@sonicboom.org>
Cc:        Questions FREEBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re[2]: VNC
Message-ID:  <8913044647.20021219023132@dds.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20021212124239.F80956-100000@entwistle.sonicboom.org>
References:  <BKEEJHGHHBPAOEMADPLPOELGCBAA.danielhartmann@wanadoo.fr> <20021212124239.F80956-100000@entwistle.sonicboom.org>

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Dear/Beste Brian,

Thursday, December 12, 2002, 9:45:27 PM, you wrote:

> getting vnc to start at boot is tricky, since you want it to start as some
> user, rather than as root.  A solution I've been thinking of is looking at
> the output os ps auxw, grepping for Xvnc owned by the desired user, if its
> there exit, if not run vncserver as the user in question.  Putting it in
> cron with a /8 to check every 8 minutes seems a good idea.

>         Bri

Wouldn't a command in a script 'su user' work?

-- 
Best regards/Met vriendelijke groet,
Alex


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