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Subject: Re: Running script from rc.d as local user
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Gerard Seibert <gerard@seibercom.net> writes:

> On Thu, 08 Mar 2007 08:52:20 -0600
> Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> wrote:

>> You should add a line:
>> /usr/bin/su [to your username]
>
> OK, I'll try that.

A way to do this without needing special permissions to
touch system files is to use cron; it has an "@reboot"
time specification for this purpose.